Formula One 2010: Red Bull, Ferrari, Alonso Title Favorites After Testing

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Published: February 28, 2010

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Formula One testing is about to be over later today. In the past month, there has been lots of speculation of how each team has prepared their new contender for the 2010 season. But unruly weather, red flags galore, indeterminate fuel loads, and lots of other factors have left the expected running order foggy, if not cloudy for when the lights go out in a fortnight in Bahrain.

I intend to handicap the chances of the four contending Formula One teams based only on driver quotes about their cars. So, in no particular order, here they are, your contenders for the 2010 World Championship.

 

Fernando Alonso said this about the Ferrari F10.

"It's the best car that I've ever driven," the Spanish driver said after testing in Barcelona.

"I'm not saying that I have the best car on the grid, but it's the best that I have ever had. However, I don't know if that will be enough."

All I can say is "Wow." To hear those words coming from the mouth of the driver that drove the R25, one of the greatest Formula One cars ever, to a championship is stunning. Alonso has always  been one to call it the way it is, just like when he said the R29 was the worst car on the grid in 2009, I believed it.

Alonso making a declarative statement like that is a pretty shining endorsement on the pace of a car. Alonso doesn't mince words and he knows what he likes and what he doesn't. Above all, when the Ferrari has been fast, its been almost untouchable, the data is there to back up Alonso's claim.

 

Jenson Button in talking about the MP4-25 said this.

"I'm happy with the car that we have but I don't think we're getting the maximum out of the package we have."

Button is certainly no Fernando Alonso, he's not the kind of person to be bold and uncompromising. No offense to anyone, but the man is the perfect Englishman, kind of boring and careful but entirely substanti...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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