I´ve had quite an exceptional race weekend because unfortunately I didn´t have time to write a blog post on the qualifying yesterday! I did watch it in the morning but after that I was off to take my three sons to their grandparents and I headed to a hotel with my husband to celebrate my birthday! I was definitely in the mood to have fun regardless of the fact that it was Hamilton in his McLaren who snatched pole in Korea leaving Vettel 2nd and Button 3rd.
The race was entertaining in many ways. I had no suspicions of Sebastian´s performance though he had sealed the drivers´championship already last weekend in Japan. And what a staggering first lap! Hamilton managed to maintain his lead at the start but soon after that Vettel was able to pass him and he didn´t need DRS to do it! Just the perfect start to the race that I wanted to see!
Sebastian wasn´t able to open a huge gap to Hamilton in the first stint but he was able to pull away just enough not to let Hamilton use the DRS! Tyre degradation seemed to play much smaller role than the drivers expected before the race. After the first pit stop Vettel was still leading the race. Just as Vettel had a small gap to Hamilton, the safety car came out due to a collision between Schumacher and Petrov which destroyed the race for both of them. Luckily Sebastian took an impressive re-start and managed to stay in the lead...
Hamilton in the 2nd place and Webber in 3rd put up an entertaining fight for the last 20 laps of the race! It was absolutely thrilling to watch how Webber was constantly allowed to use the DRS lap after lap and how he managed to get ahead of his McLaren competitor twice but Hamilton managed to take his position back... And it was gratifying to see how both of the men were gentlemen on the track and neither of them tried anything stupid. At the end of the race there were also Button and Alonso joining them and they all were within the DRS distance of each other but the winner of the race was over 10 seconds ahead of them! Sebastian took a sweeping victory today -the 10th win of the season! With Vettel 1st and Webber 3rd it was clear that Red Bull Racing sealed the constructors´ championship today! Congratulations to Red Bull, they have been absolutely dominant during this season!
Such a shame that Petrov destroyed Schumi´s race by crashing to him. Mercedes GP showed some promising race pace today. Rosberg lost his 7th position to Toro Rosso´s Alguersuari on the final lap but good race for them both anyway. The Finnish "fireman" Heikki Kovalainen had a very decent race, too as he finished 14th ahead of both Sauber drivers.
There are 3 races still remaining. Vettel´s performance was outstanding considering that the man celebrated the championship for just a week ago in Japan! And I guess he had quite a party...! Today he´ll probably celebrate the constructors´ title with his team and they all definitely deserve to have fun as the team couldn´t have done their job any better! But I´m sure we´ll see Red Bull coming to India as dominant as before sealing the title. Despite the titles have already been taken I´m sure we´re going to see thrilling battle on track as the season is slowly approaching the end...
Just can´t help wondering how Tommi (Pärmäkoski) manages to keep his trainee´s feet on the ground! I mean after securing the championship and having a hangover after the party the man comes back as a winner without letting the success go into his head in a negative way! How utterly amazing is that!
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