Perhaps it was the excessive levels of hype that the media have been throwing in the direction of the 2010 season? Perhaps we expected too much from Bahrain – it’s not produced many thrills in previous seasons either? Whatever it was, we can only hope the season generates more interest than the season opener...
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For a sport that bills itself as the peak of motorsport, F1 can sure be anti-innovation when somebody thinks of something new. If 2009 was the 'year of the double decker diffuser', 2010 is now building up to be the 'year of the blown rear wing, via a duct through the cockpit and along the back of a shark fin'...
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Back in November I wrote about qualifying on low fuel and how I'd miss the loss of the fuel-predicted grid. At the time I had mixed views; I hadn’t been privy to watching F1 when qualifying on low fuel was the norm but, as many seemed excited by the prospect I thought my pessimism would be unfounded...
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Albert Park's blend of short straights interspersed with a mixture of slow and medium speed corners might not be the first track you think of when someone says "street circuit." However, outside of the race weekend most of the roads are either being used by the public or else closed and hence the track takes time to rubber in...
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