Sebastian Vettel has been F1’s fastest qualifier and racer consistently over the last two seasons. Two world championships, sixteen wins and twenty-two pole positions from thirty-eight races is how his 2010 and 2011 stacked up. Three races into 2012 and there is a rather different picture being painted.
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The first thing to say in answering this question is that for the last few years, he has had a great car at his disposal, which often helps to show off a driver’s strengths and cloud any weaknesses. However, Mark Webber also had the same great car underneath him and unfortunately for him, found himself pootling about making Vettel look quite a lot better than him in 2011.
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Formula One’s annual night race at the spectacular Singapore today provided Sebastian Vettel with his first opportunity to put the championship beyond the reach of his rivals and the chance to become the youngest double world champion in the sport’s history. He started the race in his customary pole position with his team mate second and the McLarens and Ferraris lined up two by two behind.
One of the most historic and evocative sporting venues of them all played host to the travelling circus that is Formula 1 today. Over the years,Monza has seen every side of this sport - be it triumph, tragedy, controversy or world champions in floods of tears. It was a race which Red Bull expected to struggle in, but unfortunately for the other teams it was the easiest struggle they were ever likely to see.
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A wet weekend at Spa is nothing unusual and the rain certainly made for an interesting set of practice and qualifying sessions. Raceday however was dry and something of a trip into the unknown for a lot of the field with so few laps having been run in the dry over the weekend.
