Tiny Analysis of the Australian GP

A great race, Button drove well and made good choices, with some good fortune thrown in, Hamiltons second stop was a team call covering off the options that Webber and Rosberg may be a big threat, a smart move by the team, to maximise their chance of winning they had the leading one stop car and the leading two stop car. If Hamilton felt so strongly he shold have argued to stay out, it's easy to moan after the event. Red Bull fast but fragile, Vettel I would say is hard on the car as well so will always be prone to breaking it more than others, it's all part of the game, roll on next week. Is Vettel the new Kimi?

More on what to expect in 2010

So continuing on what to expect from the teams during the season, I think there are some unknows and some constant factors which we can take into consideration.
The only thing we know is that none of us actually know what’s going to happen. The first Tests will give us an insight. Brawn dominated early last season due to having a vastly superior car, they were quite ordinary at the end of the season by the time the likes of Macca, Red bull and Ferrari had caught up. Unless they come up with another vastly superior car, the season is open. My prediction is that one of the drivers in F1 will the championship and one of the teams will win the constructors."
The scope of 2010 season according to the way I see is as follows
1. There are no dramatical changes to the cars, so teams are going to take the development of 2009 into 2010. Then find a way to squeeze in the 2010 rules.
3. The Hamilton issue on tire usage, which he kills his tires, partially true, but he gets the best out of the tires and pulls the gap, something Schumacher was a master of during his 02 to 04 season. I i think Lewis has matured as a diver this year, and his drive in Brazil 09 puts things in perspective. He was able to do about 30+ laps on his tires, and he was clocking consistent times right through. Surprisingly Hamilton's driving style didn't hurt him in GP2 where tyre management was crucial. So he probably just took a bit of time it seems to get warmed up to the tyre management thinge in F1. Similarly, almost every time the rules change people say Button's "smooth" driving style will be a benefit and we've yet to see that either. In fact one could argue that Button's smooth driving style will be a problem as he won't be able to get heat into the harder compound tyres.
Finally it’s the car that determines who wins the championship, and the driver does the rest, as we saw it last year.

Whats the deal with McLarens drivers?

I am surprised how everyone is quick to bring up lewis's team mate playing 2nd fiddle all the time. What about the Schumi days of team orders. Wonder how many championships he would of lost because his team mate didnt slow down and let him through. But with Heikki, he never really ever out raced Lewis, he out Qualified him occasionally but then just dropped down the field.
I think JB will give Lewis a more run for his money will be nice to see how these two perform against each other. But then what better way then to be in an equal car with some one with real talent. I personally would do it, what best way to compare against Alonso, Schumi and now Lewis. He proved his worth against the first five races of results and compare to alonso there wasnt much of a difference and he was a total rookie. Course hes not perfect but then name one driver who was?
I cant think of any.