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Team Principals say Sebastian Vettel the ‘F1 Best Driver of 2009′

Sebastian Vettel vs Jenson Button

Sebastian Vettel vs Jenson Button

I was reading AutoBlog’s entry of POLL POSITION: Who was the Best F1 Driver of 2009? Team Principals say Vettel, and their findings is that Sebastian Vettel is the better driver ahead of world champion Jenson Button.

Their conclusion was based on “Autosport magazine asked each of the team principals in Formula One to anonymously rank who they thought was the best driver, awarding race points to their top ten choices.”.

via autoblog.com

The principle of Occam’s Razor states that, all things being equal, the simplest explanation is usually the right one. So it stands to reason that the driver who wins the championship must be the best, right? Well, that’s assuming all things are equal, and of course in reality they seldom are.

After a hard-fought season, Autosport magazine asked each of the team principals in Formula One to anonymously rank who they thought was the best driver, awarding race points to their top ten choices. The result? Sebastian Vettel came out on top, nine points ahead of world champion Jenson Button. In other words, if all things actually were equal, those in the know would have placed Vettel as champion in Button’s stead.

For his part, Vettel – who came second in this year’s standings and, it should be noted, secured the Nations’ Cup at the Race of Champions alongside Michael Schumacher – was pleased with the vote of confidence. But he’s determined to take the fight back to the track for next season, which is already shaping up to be one of the most exciting yet.

So do you think the bosses are right? We’ve placed a little poll of our own after the jump, and invite you to place your own vote.

Aside from the article, if you disagree with the conclusion, there’s a poll for you to vote your choice of the driver of the season.

For me personally, Jensen Button was great in the first half of the season due to the innovative diffuser invention by the Brawn technical people. He’s a competent driver and combined with a fast car, he notched up the wins.

While Vettel and RedBull had to play catch-up, but was still grinding a more consistent result despite the lack in hardware to keep pace with Brawn.

So yeah I’d say Vettel is the better driver than Button for me, but I voted for Rubens Barrichello actually. When everyone thought he was a goner, at the age of 37 years old, the Brazilian proved to his critics he still got it.

Who do you think is ‘F1 Best Driver of 2009′?

Posted November 22nd, 2009 in Formula One by Uncle Sha. Tags: , , , ,

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Belgium GP Sun. Race (29 Aug 2010)
  1. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) 44 laps [1:29:04.268] 25pts
  2. Mark Webber (RBR-Renault) 44 laps [+1.5 secs] 18pts
  3. Robert Kubica (Renault) 44 laps [+3.4 secs] 15pts
  4. Felipe Massa (Ferrari) 44 laps [+8.2 secs] 12pts
  5. Adrian Sutil (Force India-Mercedes) 44 laps [+9.0 secs] 10pts
  6. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes GP) 44 laps [+12.3 secs] 8pts
  7. Michael Schumacher (Mercedes GP) 44 laps [+15.5 secs] 6pts
  8. Kamui Kobayashi (BMW Sauber-Ferrari) 44 laps [+16.6 secs] 4pts
  9. Vitaly Petrov (Renault) 44 laps [+23.8 secs] 2pts
  10. Vitantonio Liuzzi (Force India-Mercedes) 44 laps [+34.8 secs] 1pts
  11. Pedro de la Rosa (BMW Sauber-Ferrari) 44 laps [+36.0 secs]
  12. Sebastien Buemi (STR-Ferrari) 44 laps [+39.8 secs]
  13. Jaime Alguersuari (STR-Ferrari) 44 laps [+49.4 secs]
  14. Nico Hulkenberg (Williams-Cosworth) 43 laps [+1 Lap]
  15. Sebastian Vettel (RBR-Renault) 43 laps [+1 Lap]
  16. Heikki Kovalainen (Lotus-Cosworth) 43 laps [+1 Lap]
  17. Lucas di Grassi (Virgin-Cosworth) 43 laps [+1 Lap]
  18. Timo Glock (Virgin-Cosworth) 43 laps [+1 Lap]
  19. Jarno Trulli (Lotus-Cosworth) 43 laps [+1 Lap]
  20. Sakon Yamamoto (HRT-Cosworth) 42 laps [+2 Laps]
  21. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) 37 laps [Accident Retired]
  22. Jenson Button (McLaren-Mercedes) 15 laps [Accident Retired]
  23. Bruno Senna (HRT-Cosworth) 5 laps [Suspension Retired]
  24. Rubens Barrichello (Williams-Cosworth) 0 laps [Accident Retired]
 
 

Driver and Constructor

Season 2010
  1. Lewis Hamilton (British) McLaren-Mercedes / 182pts
  2. Mark Webber (Australian) RBR-Renault / 179pts
  3. Sebastian Vettel (German) RBR-Renault / 151pts
  4. Jenson Button (British) McLaren-Mercedes / 147pts
  5. Fernando Alonso (Spanish) Ferrari / 141pts
  6. Felipe Massa (Brazilian) Ferrari / 109pts
  7. Robert Kubica (Polish) Renault / 104pts
  8. Nico Rosberg (German) Mercedes Benz GP Ltd / 102pts
  9. Adrian Sutil (German) Force India-Mercedes / 45pts
  10. Michael Schumacher (German) Mercedes Benz GP Ltd / 44pts
  11. Rubens Barrichello (Brazilian) Williams-Cosworth / 30pts
  12. Kamui Kobayashi (Japanese) BMW Sauber-Ferrari / 21pts
  13. Vitaly Petrov (Russian) Renault / 19pts
  14. Vitantonio Liuzzi (Italian) Force India-Mercedes / 13pts
  15. Nico Hulkenberg (German) Williams-Cosworth / 10pts
  16. Sebastien Buemi (Swiss) STR-Ferrari / 7pts
  17. Pedro de la Rosa (Spanish) BMW Sauber-Ferrari / 6pts
  18. Jaime Alguersuari (Spanish) STR-Ferrari / 3pts
  19. Heikki Kovalainen (Finnish) Lotus-Cosworth / 0pts
  20. Jarno Trulli (Italian) Lotus-Cosworth / 0pts
  21. Bruno Senna (Brazilian) HRT-Cosworth / 0pts
  22. Timo Glock (German) Virgin-Cosworth / 0pts
  23. Lucas di Grassi (Brazilian) Virgin-Cosworth / 0pts
  24. Karun Chandhok (Indian) HRT-Cosworth / 0pts
 
 
 

 
 
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