What will the new Formula 1 season throw up
for excitement? The 2012 title went all the way down to the wire,
with Sebastian Vettel doing enough in his Red Bull in the final drive
of the season at the Brazilian Grand Prix to hold off the challenge
of Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso. That gave the German driver his third
Drivers’ World Championship title in a row and he will go as the
outright favourite for the new season. The Red Bull have launched a
brand new design of car for the season ahead and even with a slow
start, like they had in 2012, they will probably be the most the
adaptable to changes and set ups throughout the year. While many will
be backing Sebastian Vettel to go on dominate the sport again, there
were some pointers from last season, which suggests and open year
ahead.
The start of the 2012 F1 season was
remarkable, with the first seven races of the new year being won by a
different driver each time. It was a start which no-one really saw
coming, but it does throw up interesting connotations for the 2013 Formula 1
season and it may be worth looking at options on the number of
different race winners there will be in the 2013 season. This is
going to be a split market, with an option of four or less winning
drivers, general trading equally alongside five or more. So which way
will the F1 season go? Overall in the 2012 season there were a
massive eight different winners taking a turn on the podium, and that
was out of the 20 races which were ran.
So how to break this down? It is more
than likely that Sebastian Vettel will get a win on the board. He
finds pace where no-one else can, so too Fernando Alonso, who
finished second in last season’s Drivers Championship. With the Red
Bull team being so strong, it’s not without reason that Mark Webber
may score a win, and the threat of Lotus this year could be immense
with Kimi Raikkonen leading the charge. Then you have Jenson Button
and Sergio Perez in the unpredictable McLarens and already you can
realistically pick out at the very least five winners. Will the
season be open again or will Sebastian Vettel dominate like he did in
the 2011 season when he took a remarkable 11 wins from 19 races?
Another of the interesting questions
about the 2013 Formula 1 season, is when the Drivers Championship will be
mathematically decided. How long will the new season remain alive?
The 2011 season was over long before the end because of the power of
Vettel dominating pole positions and podiums. But last season was a
totally different story. Those mix of different winners at the start
of the season really kept the season very long. Champion Vettel won
only one of the first twelve races of the season before turning the
screw over the latter half of year with some remarkable form. Nothing
was decided until the Brazilian Grand Prix, the final race of the
season. Will the season be over before the penultimate race, the US
Grand Prix, or the 18th race of the season in Abu Dhabi or even
earlier than that?
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