F1 season 2010...........

It seems to be becoming a habit for me to post at the beginning of every F1 season. But this season is that little extra special considering the fact that it marks the return of the Greatest Man to have ever walked the F1 turf, "Michael 'THE KING' Schumacher". Though, this time round he will not be donning the scarlett red racing suit which of late has become synonym to his name. This time round Michael will be teaming up with his lucky charm Ross Brawn at Mercedes who has led him to his seven world Championship titles. Will this mystical combination once again be able to weave the magic. Well, only time will tell.
Stepping aside from the Schumi comeback for a moment. This season will witness the entry of three new team Virgin Racing, Hispania Racing (formerly campos racing) and Lotus F1. In all there will be 12 teams and 24 cars vying for the championship. The rules too have changed drastically, for the first time (well, as far as I can remember) there is no refueling during the course of the race. So, this change in rule has led to the construction of bigger cars to accommodate the bigger fuel tank. Pit-stops this year will be must shorter (as short as 3 -4 seconds) for the tire changes. The points system too has been changed this season, due increased car line-up, the race points will run all the way down to position on the grid. The points table will be something like this, winner bags 25 , 2nd place gets 20, 3rd with 15 and going all the way to 1 point for 10th position. More cars automatically translates to more traffic, this could give us some really exciting race starts with each driver trying to outdrive the other for the lead. For no refueling this season, the focus will be on the right fuel load for the race and the perfect choice of tire for the start of the race and with pit-stops not offering much of a strategic leverage, we have a very interesting season ahead in trying to see the kind of strategies and approach the teams adopt.
So, will this season witness the return of the Schumi to the pinnacle of Motorsport or will the young brigade (all former World Champions) of Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso (with Schumi’s former team Ferrari) or even Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull steal the limelight. Well, we will have to wait until the season finally gets underway in Bahrain this weekend. One thing to keep in mind is that Schumi is back after a 3 year hiatus from competitive F1 racing. He will definitely have his work cut out against the young guns and expect him to be a little ragged at the start and should take him 2 -3 races before he gets into his groove.
It’s going to be a long drawn season running all the way into the second week of November with 19 races and 3 new venues being added , Korea, Canada and Hockenheim, Germany. Can the Schumi Brawn pair the magic again or will the young guns steal the thunder from the 7 time world champion. Well, we will have to wait and see.

F1 season 2010.......an action flick in the making!!!!!!