F1 2012: History in the making

Is the F1 2012 calendar, history in the making?

Formula one is more like a high speed game of chess. Your moves have to be fast, planned and better than your rival.

This season, we have observed a situation like never before, six races and six different drivers have won. Many audiences love the trend but some criticize and label it as a lottery. Many blame the Pirelli tires for causing this randomness, but it is just one of the many factors which have caused this change.

None of them can predict the performance of tires in the races. Even the slightest change in temperature causes the tires to behave in a different manner and hence the car’s performance varies between the race and qualifying sessions. Some teams which are strong in a particular race seem to be under-performing in the subsequent race as their tires perform well in some tracks compared to others.

This has increased the pressure among all drivers and mechanics as they understand every step is crucial and any small mistake could be disastrous. There is an increased urge among pit crews to do their work perfectly in the shortest time possible.

The drivers on the other hand have to push and go faster, yet at the same time conserve and prevent excessive degradation of their tires. In Monaco, we witnessed the closest ever action with six drivers finishing the race within a span of five seconds.

Hence, the race strategy has become paramount and an early or late call for pits can shuffle the positions. This season, if a rival makes a pit stop, it doesn’t mean others have to follow suit. The drivers continue to drive as long as their tires perform well and lap timings are on par with other drivers.

The teams are not sure how their updates will perform; hence they run one car with the old specs and the other one with new updates during the practice session. We never saw such kind of practices in earlier seasons.

This entire chaos might worry the teams, but the audience love watching various scenarios and different winners. All the races this season has been action packed and awesome. It just seems to be getting better.

This season has been a spectacular journey and seems to defy the history of Formula One.

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