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Great, while you're all focused on miss wonder cheeks, I ended up zooming in on Flavio's bump...Ugh

It seems like Button is going to squeak out the championship. I would have liked Red Bull to be more reliable and keep it interesting. But it's not over yet.
It was great to see Alonso on the podium after the Renault debacle. I was all for Rosberg until his silly mistake. Too bad.

Mostly I felt bad for Heidfeld. His DNF record is broken by another's mistake. There are too many inexperinced drivers these days. They try to rush them into F1. It used to be early twenties before they got their shot, not 19. Apart from Vettel and Rosberg, the young ones have failed to impress, lost confidence or take a few years to improve. Older isn't always slower. I hope they realize that or next year with the expanded grid it might look like Indy Car or something like it.

On to Suzuka. One of the great tracks.

I agree totally. They want to get back to basics to save money with slicks and such. Testing is where the kids get some experience with the cars. But real racing matters. Also if someone always leads a race, they are lacking in passing and traffic management skills. Hamilton still has difficulty with real race passing but this year has made him a better driver getting some in the middle of the pack experience.

I'd prefer if they got back to basics. Test and scrap the simulators and wind tunnels. Let driver input influence development. Not just a computer and some engineers. They'd save money, and the drivers' skills would separate the real from the sim drivers.

So it's official now. Alonso to Ferrari for 3 years. I might become a Ferrari fan yet. Vicc, Fire in the belly yet?
With Kimi rumoured to be going back to McLaren, next season already seems better.

I tried to watch last night but fell asleep....zzzzz. I finished watching this morning. Relatively boring but a great track I agree.

Vettel was great as usual. He's the rare youngin who has the talent and could handle being moved up so young.
Grosjean and ALG both showed today that they are too young. But at least we got a safety car to spice up the end.

The Kovi pass on Fisi was nice. The commentator was saying it was the Kers. I thought that Kers resets every lap. The pits are near the start, so did he have power left from the lap or had it been reset. It may have been a straight up pass with Fisi not expecting it. They need to get rid of Kers. It's plain stupid. It was supposed to spice up things for fans. But all it does is favor the few teams that can afford it, when it works that is. Simple is better and they are slowly getting back to that.

I think the problem in F1 these days is that there is no real driver rivalry. Missing is the love/hate tension between drivers. They all get along and are friends or pretend to be. Tow the corporate line. Don't upset the sponsors. They need a few rebels who aren't afraid to speak their mind and show it on the track.