Ye. After a delayed start, F1 begins this weekend at Melbourne. Okay the track isn't that great(having only 1 place to overtake) but still I am really looking forward to this year's F1. I might even stay up in the early hours of the morning to watch it. Who knows I might even watch the qualifying(normally I don't as I like to be surprised to see who's on pole for the race).
Loads of different variables this year. KERS back, new Pirelli tyres, new tracks(although they are Tilkedromes sadly), moveable wings.
Jenson Button also took his car around the Mount Panorama circuit in Australia. A decent circuit. Check it out below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNjIFzULPZk
Here's a picture, demonstrating a helicopter trying to take give Jenson's beard a trim on the circuit.
Predictions for the year(hey just a bit of fun and speculative thinking):-
1. Alonso will take his third world championship.
2. Vettel will be runner up.
3. McLaren will win 4 races(I hope I'm wrong about this).
4. Mercedes will win 1 (maybe involving one of the teams making a bad pitstop call).
5. Hamilton will have 3 DNFs because of going for a gap that isn't there.
6. There will be 3 wet weather races this year.
7. The KERS and adjustable wings will make little difference to the drivers being able to overtake one another.
8. Schumi and Alonso will have a coming together (like Schumi and Damon Hill used too - and other drivers as well).
9. Williams won't make any head way. I doubt even to get on to the podium.(again, I hope I'm wrong on this, as I would dearly love to see them win.).
10. If Schumi doesn't score a win this season for Mercedes he might call it a day.
11. Massa will be overshadowed by his fiery Spanish team mate.
12. Martin Brundle will say : "A F1 car is like an upside-down aeroplane wing.", three times this season.
13. Kobayashi will perform an amazing overtake (maybe at Monaco).
14. Webber will win 1 race this season, but be overshadowed by his German team mate.
15. The new tracks will produce snore fests of races.
16. Bernie will talk about dropping Silverstone from F1 again.
17. McLaren will make three bad pitstop calls(costing them valuable places).