The dude is only 23, drives F1 cars for a living, and is now the youngest champion ever.
For people who said he couldn't do it, they were wrong. He's aggressive as hell, and doesn't take shit from anyone.
But yeah, to those who watch F1, did you guys expect it? It surprised me, even at his age...I wasn't expecting him to win until he hit his mid/late 20s.
Oh, some random trivia...Vettel is one of the cover drivers for GT5, and does a lot of voice work for the game. :P
@MattyFTM: True. Things got pretty sketchy there with Red Bull and who they were backing 100% (I hate that about F1...). Hopefully he gets a better shot next year.
/$/?&$%?$%?$/?$?/$?/$?%/$ Fucking Internet.....This is the last place I was expecting to get spoiled...I still have 30min to go on the race download before I can start watching......oh well.... There goes my day.
I wanted to see Mark win it, if Hamilton couldn't - which with all the main guys scoring points wasn't going to happen. Seb crashed into Jenson, and into his own team mate in Turkey, yet has got away with it. Alonso made far too many errors and was given a win, so I didn't really want to see him win it, either. Jenson has made few errors this year and been on the end of some shunts, but his qualifying pace proved to be too slow to keep him in it, that and the McLarens fundimental lack of pace in the middle of the season. Was I expecting Vettle to win? No, actually. I was sure Alonso would pick it up. But well done to Vettle, he drove flawlessly in the last few races. A flawless racer he is not, though.
@BrickRoad: It's still pretty unclear whether Vettel hit Mark or Mark hit Vettel in Turkey, besides, I just really like Vettels personality because it contrasts so starkly with the stoicism of most of the other guys.
Edit: also, I agree that the title of this thread is unnecessarily spoilerific, as much as I love to see F1 getting some attention here.
@Berserker976: I feel it was Seb's fault. He had no business overtaking where he did, it was never going to work. He was flying at the time though, should've just waited for a better moment. I have no idea what he's like off of camera, but on camera he seems like he'll be a good world champion. Even if he did suggest Mark was a psycho after their crash.
Really happy with him winning it all. It's nice to see so many german drivers in there. And I don't like Alonso very much. But this race also showed the big flaw of F1 racing and why I pretty much stopped watching years ago: there are no overtakes in this. Alonso couldn't get passed Petrov eventhough he could go way faster. I'll stay at MotoGP :>
"this race also showed the big flaw of F1 racing and why I pretty much stopped watching years ago: there are no overtakes in this. Alonso couldn't get passed Petrov eventhough he could go way faster."
Agreed. I haven't watched a full race all season but I figured I would watch today's race on the basis that it would have to be exciting with the potential that any of four drivers could still win the championship on the back of this one race. I thought I was bound to see drivers taking some crazy risks and making desperate over-taking manoeuvres. As it turned out it was mostly a snooze-fest.
"this race also showed the big flaw of F1 racing and why I pretty much stopped watching years ago: there are no overtakes in this. Alonso couldn't get passed Petrov eventhough he could go way faster."
Agreed. I haven't watched a full race all season but I figured I would watch today's race on the basis that it would have to be exciting with the potential that any of four drivers could still win the championship on the back of this one race. I thought I was bound to see drivers taking some crazy risks and making desperate over-taking manoeuvres. As it turned out it was mostly a snooze-fest. "
Well you missed out in one of the best seasons in a long time, the last race was a bit meh but the rest were great, don't judge a season by one race.
"this race also showed the big flaw of F1 racing and why I pretty much stopped watching years ago: there are no overtakes in this. Alonso couldn't get passed Petrov eventhough he could go way faster."
Agreed. I haven't watched a full race all season but I figured I would watch today's race on the basis that it would have to be exciting with the potential that any of four drivers could still win the championship on the back of this one race. I thought I was bound to see drivers taking some crazy risks and making desperate over-taking manoeuvres. As it turned out it was mostly a snooze-fest. "
Well you missed out in one of the best seasons in a long time, the last race was a bit meh but the rest were great, don't judge a season by one race. "
I too think that it was a pretty exciting season. Though I was surprised that Alonso more or less did nothing this last race...
"this race also showed the big flaw of F1 racing and why I pretty much stopped watching years ago: there are no overtakes in this. Alonso couldn't get passed Petrov eventhough he could go way faster."
Agreed. I haven't watched a full race all season but I figured I would watch today's race on the basis that it would have to be exciting with the potential that any of four drivers could still win the championship on the back of this one race. I thought I was bound to see drivers taking some crazy risks and making desperate over-taking manoeuvres. As it turned out it was mostly a snooze-fest. "
Well you missed out in one of the best seasons in a long time, the last race was a bit meh but the rest were great, don't judge a season by one race. "
I too think that it was a pretty exciting season. Though I was surprised that Alonso more or less did nothing this last race... "
Abu Dhabi should not have been the season finale or any Tilke-designed course for that matter.
"this race also showed the big flaw of F1 racing and why I pretty much stopped watching years ago: there are no overtakes in this. Alonso couldn't get passed Petrov eventhough he could go way faster."
Agreed. I haven't watched a full race all season but I figured I would watch today's race on the basis that it would have to be exciting with the potential that any of four drivers could still win the championship on the back of this one race. I thought I was bound to see drivers taking some crazy risks and making desperate over-taking manoeuvres. As it turned out it was mostly a snooze-fest. "
Well you missed out in one of the best seasons in a long time, the last race was a bit meh but the rest were great, don't judge a season by one race. "
I too think that it was a pretty exciting season. Though I was surprised that Alonso more or less did nothing this last race... "
Abu Dhabi should not have been the season finale or any Tilke-designed course for that matter. "
True, Abu Dhabi is a nice looking track but the actual racingon it is complete piss, Spa would be sick track for the finale.
" True, Abu Dhabi is a nice looking track but the actual racingon it is complete piss, Spa would be sick track for the finale. "
SPA should always be the final track. Damn Arabs paying off the organization. SPA would be the best test of skills and talent, but alas....if there was SPA, Vettel might not have won.
@KaosAngel: Please don't spoil recent stuff like this, it really kills all interest and excitement for those who are still waiting to watch the event. :(
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