Showing posts with label F1. Show all posts
Showing posts with label F1. Show all posts

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Alonso : Degree Champion Not My Handheld

Alonso : Degree Champion Not My Handheld
Fernando Alonso was reluctant seduced by success in the GP of Korea, Sunday, October 24, 2010. This Ferrari F1 world champion admitted there was no grip.

Alonso managed to take advantage of the misfortune experienced duo of Red Bull Racing, Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel, to win the Grand Prix at the Circuit Yeongam Korea. This victory makes F1 driver Alonso leads the standings with 231 points, 11 points ahead of Webber.

But Alonso insisted victory in Yeongam not be an advantage for him to be the third time F1 world champion. F1 world champion in 2005 and 2006 this rate is still an open competition for at least five riders, including himself, in two series remaining.

"There was no significant change. We know that with the new points system anything can happen in only one race. If you do not score points you lose 25 points from the opponent, so no significant change," Alonso said as quoted by Autosport, Sunday, October 24, 2010 .

"Bad luck to Mark and Seb, but anything can happen and there are four to five competitors. Being on the podium and appear consistent may be an important key in this championship."

"Winning here (GP Korea) was fantastic and every race we tried to achieve victory, but it is not possible every weekend," Alonso closed.

Thursday, October 21, 2010

The three remaining series, Vettel behind 14 points from Webber



Sebastian Vettel was still confident of chasing teammate at Red Bull Racing, Mark Webber, at the top and become world champion in F1 this season.

With three series remaining this season, Vettel was still in third position and the F1 championship behind 14 points from Webber. However, the appearance of the German racer was increased in the last three series.

After winning Italian Grand Prix and fourth runner-up at Singapore Grand Prix, Vettel successful third victory this season at the Japanese Grand Prix, beating Webber.

These conditions make Vettel became more confident to win the world title. Although time had difficulty in the beginning of the season, Vettel just Optimist at the end of the season.

Vettel wants to repeat the success with Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen in 2007. At that Kimi managed to become F1 world champion despite lagging 17 points from Fernando Alonso.

"Looks like the season will go bad for me this year. What happened in the 2007 season could happen again and Kimi had a bad chance to become world champion after lagging 17 points, so it shows that opportunities exist," said Vettel ahead of Korea as quoted by Autosport GP , Thursday, October 21, 2010.

"I think an ordinary get the results up and down, but his hope is to stay in the position title and our struggle in a strong position, so far we meet the expectations of the team," Vettel closed.