Japanese GP 2013 - Preview

Ladies and Gentlemen,

And then there were five...

Five races left in the Championship with the Japanese GP coming up this weekend.  The bad news (for everyone except Red Bull) is that Vettel driving Adrian Newey’s machine has been the dominant force in Suzuka in 3 of the last 4 years and this time he is coming from winning the last 4 GPs in a row. The good news is that Suzuka is one of the great circuits in the history of the sport, revered by all the drivers and where we always enjoy the very best display of their skills.

It’s interesting that at the beginning of the season the CFA experts overwhelmingly anticipated Alonso to become the 2013 World Champion with 14 votes compared to only 4 for Vettel (Maria, Carlos, Tim and me). Raikkonen had a little support (2 votes) and no one expected Hamilton to do it in his first year with Mercedes. Now we are looking at the mathematical possibility of Vettel clinching the title this weekend, his four consecutive crown to write his name in the same page as Schumacher and Fangio. He keeps re-writing the record books but instead of recognition he is getting booed every time he steps on top of the rostrum.   Let’s get used to it, he could well win every race for the rest of the season...

Last year’s Japanese GP was won  by Tim with  the same correct 1st, 4th & 6th positions for 9 points as Rodrigo, with Tim taking the overall with better QF marks. Let’s see how we do this time.

Until tomorrow

Cheers

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