Formula 1: The Magical Pacific Swing Is Under Way

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Published: September 30, 2010

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Thank you Singapore, I had a fantastic evening. It was so good that I think I need a cigarette—and I don’t even smoke.

Thanks to a generous new points system, years of rules tweaking (re-introducing slick tires, enlarged front wings, smaller rear wings, narrowing the front tires after only a single season without grooves etc), and a little divine intervention, we actually have a race for the championship!

I’m going to come out and say it—I’m pulling for Mark Webber.

I have a soft spot for him because he isn’t supposed to be leading. According to the game of Formula 1, Sebastian Vettel should be, with Webber doing what most number two drivers do—get in the way of number one’s closest competition, taking home the second place trophy, padding the constructors points, and winning only when their prodigal teammates have fallen to the whims of mechanical woes or the ever-so-popular "racing incident."

Which leads me into my first complaint: racing incidents.

Every once and a while, drivers are going to come together, with only physics to blame for the outcome. Webber and Lewis Hamilton’s rendezvous was nothing more than a bi-product of close racing, and a bi-product of what the FIA has been trying achieve with their aforementioned rule changes.

But the FIA seems to have forgotten that close racing is what they were trying to achieve, and that close racing is what the fans have called for numerous times in their annual surveys. The FIA announced (as they always do) during the race that they were investigating the incident.

I appreciate the transparency in their dealings, but the way it’s announced on television makes it seem like the FIA is yelling "look at me," as if the incident in question has taken the limelight off them.

Speaking of racing incidents, did anyone else find Nick Heidfeld’s crash with Michael Schu...
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