Formula 1 - The season so far

Hello!

I had originally typed out a whole, long-arsed entry about F1, the teams and the drivers, giving my personal opinion on each and every one - but I've since decided that was a waste of time. You will soon learn the following anyway;

• I expect Hamilton to win the Championship
• I want Ricciardo, Magnussen and the Williams team to do well
• I hate Maldonado & Sutil
• I'm not always right - and yes, it is difficult to admit that

If you are not interested in F1, worry not. I won't ramble on about the technical side of things - I'll merely focus on situations as I see them. I'm like your average taxi driver, casting an opinion with unfounded confidence though in reality, there are many experts out there who have a much more in depth approach.

So without further ado, let's get up to date. We are 4 races into the season, with a further 15 races to go.. The results of the first 4 races are as follows;

Australia

1. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes
2. Kevin Magnussen, McLaren
3. Jenson Button, McLaren

There are new regulations this season, leading to the engines ultimately being the most complicated and advanced engines we've seen. Because of this, this race was an unknown quantity with quite a few drivers retiring from the race. Daniel Ricciardo was disqualified after crossing the line in 2nd place, and the arrogance of Red Bull led to an appeal - which ultimately failed.

Malaysia

1. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes
2. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes
3. Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull

I don't remember a huge amount about this race, other than the fact that despite their poor pre-season testing, Red Bull have a competetive car. Mercedes clearly are way ahead of the others currently.

Bahrain

1. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes
2. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes
3. Sergio Perez, Force India

Awesome race, enjoyed this one. Inter-team battles throughout, a safety car with 15 or so laps remaining and different tyre strategies led to a very exciting finish. Maldonado proved what a fool he is by colliding with Gutierrez, whose car did a flip and landed back on its wheels - luckily though, nobody was hurt.

China

1. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes
2. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes
3. Fernando Alonso, Ferrari

A relatively mundane race, made interesting by the fact that Rosberg got a bad start and had to work his way through the field. Good to see a Ferrari on the podium - though it was another simple victory for Hamilton.

Here's the current Championship table -

...and that's where we're up to. Next stop is Spain in a couple of weeks as F1 hits Europe for the first time this season. I'll update just beforehand, posting about The Coin Flipping and Team Mate Challenge - as mentioned in my previous post - over that weekend.

Feel free to leave comments and questions, I'll happily reply.

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