It’s always a shame when the season is over. As soon as he was alive, we counted the days until the next race, made predictions, rejoiced and upset, and now it will become a part of history. Ahead of the final stage and a hundred days of waiting for the next race. Snow outside the editorial windows. Winter. It’s time to take stock, but end this weekend and then we’ll get down to business.
Everyone hoped that the new regulations would level the teams within the limited budget, but the strong remained strong, the weak remained weak. Nobody managed to break through except Adrian Newey – the first season under the new rules passed with the absolute dominance of Verstappen and Red Bull. They coped with the task better than others, albeit without offenses, but this is apparently the case when the winners are not judged.
Teams have spent a lot of money building new cars, achieving even better results and a slight increase in overtaking stats where it was easy to overtake before – like at Interlagos. Where overtaking was impossible, like in Abu Dhabi, nothing will change.
A year ago in Abu Dhabi, the fate of the championship title was decided. It was a fantastic weekend. Empathize. Dramatic. Everyone literally counted the minutes before the race, which turned into a real live thriller. It’s amazing what emotions a boring job in Abu Dhabi can give.
If the rules don’t change for years, the cars become almost the same, the skill of the racers comes out, but then the rules change again and everything starts again. The previous arrangement was excellent. It remained to watch and enjoy the fight, but no. The case when change for the sake of change. To prove Liberty Media’s independence. First regulation without Bernie.
In Brazil, Bernie Ecclestone was a private guest. Liberty Media stopped inviting him to the Grand Prix a long time ago, and now they have strictly forbidden television companies from interviewing him live. Even the journalists of Britain’s Sky Sport F1, the best television company in Formula 1, did not approach the disgraced boss closer than a few meters with the camera on. He doesn’t share the official point of view, he always says what he thinks, and Liberty Media doesn’t like that.
Seventeen years ago, the first exclusive interview with F1News.ru was with Bernie. Andrey Los took it at the Moscow presentation of the Jordan – Midland project. And Bernie never refused us an interview and always helped. He made Formula 1!
Almost all “dots over i” are placed, there are local battles. Including – for second place in the individual ranking.
A year ago, Verstappen and Hamilton came to Abu Dhabi on equal points (both had 369.5), and now Leclerc and Perez each have 290 points for the final stage. Last week in Sao Paulo, both asked their teams for the chance to finish ahead of their partners, but Verstappen was unwilling to give the position back and Ferrari was not risking the result given pressure from rivals.
There are three important duels in the Constructors’ Championship, and if almost everything is decided in the Alpine-McLaren pair by 19 points, then Alfa Romeo and Aston Martin are only five points away, and Haas and AlphaTauri only two. . And they have something to fight for.
It is always a pity when the season is over, also because one of the drivers ends his career in Formula 1. Now there are four at once. It is a pity that Daniel Ricciardo and Sebastian Vettel are leaving. Two smart and fast racers with their own history, victories, titles and a large army of fans.
Leaving behind two outsiders – Nicholas Latifi and Mick Schumacher. The Latifi family helped Williams survive for years, everyone predicted a bright future for Mick in Formula 1, but as Coulthard said last week, apart from the surname, nothing surprised Mick. He crashed a lot of cars and never became a support for the team.
Alonso and Gasly will change teams in 2023, two Formula 2 champions Oscar Piastri and Logan Sargent will come to Formula 1, Nico Hulkenberg will return. Life goes on!
Ahead of the New Year holidays, Christmas, new car presentations, winter tests, forecasts and expectations. But first, let’s see how this season will end!
Source: F1 News
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