- 05 Aug 08, 14:55#59667
The evidence:
- we've had four different Drivers' Championship leaders, including a three-way tie at one point
- we've had three different Constructors' Championship leaders, and there's still only 21 points between 1st and 3rd
- we've had five different winners from three different teams, including two first-time winners
- we've had 12 different drivers on the podium from eight different teams, including three first-timers
- 18 different drivers have scored points from 9 different teams
- The field is very tight - even the Force Indias are usually only 2.5s off the pace (remember when people like Forti were consistently over 9s off?)
- we've had all the closeness of last year's McLaren/Ferrari battle, with BMW also involved and without the messy politics
- the only controversy of the year has centred around a universal hate figure, i.e. Max Mosley
- all the main championship protagonists have made mistakes and had bad luck, providing an interesting narrative.
- we've had some all-time classic drives from Hamilton, Massa and others
- Barrichello's got a smile on his face again, and pretty much everyone enjoys that
- fiddly little minor stories such as Sutil in Monaco, Piquet's turnaround, Toyota's podium after Ove Andersson's death, and so on have provided extra interest
- Above all, we still can't predict who's ultimately going to win
I really can't remember a better season!
- we've had four different Drivers' Championship leaders, including a three-way tie at one point
- we've had three different Constructors' Championship leaders, and there's still only 21 points between 1st and 3rd
- we've had five different winners from three different teams, including two first-time winners
- we've had 12 different drivers on the podium from eight different teams, including three first-timers
- 18 different drivers have scored points from 9 different teams
- The field is very tight - even the Force Indias are usually only 2.5s off the pace (remember when people like Forti were consistently over 9s off?)
- we've had all the closeness of last year's McLaren/Ferrari battle, with BMW also involved and without the messy politics
- the only controversy of the year has centred around a universal hate figure, i.e. Max Mosley
- all the main championship protagonists have made mistakes and had bad luck, providing an interesting narrative.
- we've had some all-time classic drives from Hamilton, Massa and others
- Barrichello's got a smile on his face again, and pretty much everyone enjoys that
- fiddly little minor stories such as Sutil in Monaco, Piquet's turnaround, Toyota's podium after Ove Andersson's death, and so on have provided extra interest
- Above all, we still can't predict who's ultimately going to win
I really can't remember a better season!
Jim Clark, Monza, one lap down...
