The 10 Pills of the 2010 World Cup

Even though the 'Pills' only made their debut at the Korean GP, ​​we have prepared a special summary piece of 2010 for the end of the year.

That is, we will deal with what, in our opinion, will be the facts and anecdotes to remember this year, obviously in a "light" way.

1 – Hamilton 'dancing' in front of Petrov in Sepang

In short, you didn't understand anything. Here it wasn't a question of going against the rules with trajectory changes. Here there was only the fear of ending up like Melbourne with Webber (just a week before). Then no one knows, but in reality he only had a mirror, and he didn't understand which side the Russian was on. No huh..?

2 – The clash between the two 'bulls' Vettel and Webber
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw5GjM7bJLw
“The 2010 remake of 'When the Couple Breaks Down' is now being broadcast worldwide. Leading actors Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber. Directed by Christian Horner”. Seb's 'This is crazy' gesture silences any subsequent statement regarding 'cordial' relations between the two roosters in the henhouse. They can't stand each other. What will happen in 2011?

3 – Hamilton pushing Mclaren in Montreal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6tmQHYOny8
They must have done it to leave a few cl of fuel less in the fastest lap, but to see Luigino do a Pole lap like that and, after 50 seconds, get out and start pushing, metaphorically patting his Mclaren on the back (he seemed crazy) it goes beyond any regulatory complaint. However, out of spite, we would have made him push to the pits. And it's long, the final straight in Montreal!

4 – Webber flying over Kovalainen

After two years of advertising that "Red Bull gives you wings", here is the real application of the slogan. After the flight in the Lotus, Mark went to check whether, in the contract, everything was foreseen without prior warnings. Vettel, Buemi and Alguersuari raced in fear for the rest of the year. Luckily we can talk about it ironically, but we honestly hope we never see scenes like this again! To hell with ads.

5 – Hamilton carelessly overtaking Safety at Valencia

“Oh no, Mailander has broken now” Lewis must have thought after the Safety Car's umpteenth exit of the year in Valencia. And so, pretending nothing happened, he left, overtaking her. If he had also won the race we would still be here talking about it. Next year don't despair though, Mailander will also have two rifles at his disposal to shoot tires in cases like these.

6 – “Fernando is faster than you” – “Sorry”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gemd7cuJOcs
This is the year Team Radio ruled the roost, and it's not even that bad. An alternative audio could be proposed only with the pilot-engineer conversations (Federation???). Returning to the matter, this is certainly the radio team of the year, as well as the most controversial episode of the season. By the way, all kinds of skits came out, we propose one to you. Poor Felipe..

7 – Barrichello overtaking Schumacher in Budapest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MTtudbPVQ8
The old Kraut commented on it by saying 'Well, if he passed it means there was enough space, we're in F1'. From the series 'you could easily pass outside and you wanted to look cool inside. Well, but I made you do it!' And in fact Rubens came down with his hair (already very few of them) white. It appears that he currently talks in his sleep at night, repeating at regular intervals 'Black Flag, Black Flag, Black Flag!'

8 – Japanese Saturday boats

Waking up at 7am on a Saturday and finding boats racing on the water instead of F1 cars is symptomatic of how these regulations are destroying what remains of the sport. But the boats weren't bad, elaborate and with in-depth aerodynamic details but above all different, like the F1 of the 80s... nostalgia.

9 – The Korean rain

You run, you don't run, the asphalt holds, it doesn't hold. Inspection yes, inspection no. All this up to two days before the start of the event. The Grand Joke of the Year Award. We had never seen a circuit in a swamp, with the single-seaters racing among the Cranes. It felt like being in Venice with high water. Here are the new frontiers of F1 by Bernie. Who knows what awaits us for India, another nation with a historic motoring tradition. Every man for himself..

10 – (Andrea Stella to Fernando Alonso) “Ok, we need to pass the Renault in front, because we think it is not going to stop again” – “Ok I know and I see you are doing your best, but really it's critical to pass it. Use the best of your talent, we know how big it is, use it”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUHZClglnlw
These Abu Dhabi radio teams won the 'Drama' award of 2010. Given the huge disappointment at the very last race, the Ferrari theme park will be transported en masse to Interlagos. In case of victory in the 2011 World Cup there will be the fifteenth inauguration of the same.

SPECIAL MENTIONS

– “80/90% chance of winning the World Cup”
We had already mentioned it in the post-Abu Dhabi pills, but Fisichella's performance after Saturday's practice deserves to be fully included in the Special Mentions of the year. A breath of optimism and confidence that will have pleased all Ferrari fans. Who knows what those same people would have thought after the checkered flag.

– “Silver Mercedes SLS for sale, track use only”
Special mention also for the Safety Car, which this year has plied almost all the tracks of the World Championship, with surgical precision. Mailander was featured more than HRT, Virgin and Lotus combined, and some might wonder why they didn't put him among the drivers in the end-of-year photo too.

In conclusion..
We bid farewell to 2010 with a Merry Christmas and a Happy 2011 to all the fans, in the hope that the new year will give us a hard-fought World Championship like this one and full of episodes on which, Grand Prix by Grand Prix, we can lighten the burden a little. voltage.

Alessandro Secchi
F1Grandprix.it