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The big surprise of pre-season testing was the struggle McLaren had to get the sleek 2011 challenger up to speed as the new blown floor gave multiple issues. However, come the season proper the McLaren went as quick as it looked and McLaren were competitive for much of the season as proved by winds for Hamilton in China and Button in Canada. 2011 was indeed a season that had everything, that is except, a challenger for the lightning quick German superstar Sebastian Vettel.
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2010 F1 Season Review

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© P-H Cahier / F1-photo.com

Most would agree that the 2010 F1 Season was one of the greatest championships ever run, and Abu Dhabi was the perfect setting for Formula One to make history by being the first championship to have gone down to the wire with no less than four drivers in contention. Every race was unpredictable as was the outcome of the F1 World Champion.

The drivers and teams faced a mammoth 19 race season, just one below the maximum permitted by the Concorde agreement. Yet, despite arriving at Abu Dhabi via Australia, Malaysia, China, Spain, Monaco, Turkey, Canada, Britain, Germany, Hungary, Belgium, Italy, Singapore, Japan, Korea and Brazil, no driver or team ever managed to establish a dominant position in the championship hunt. The battle between Red Bull, Ferrari and McLaren would be season long.

Early season saw the championship lead pass between Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso, McLarens’s Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull’s Mark Webber. Meanwhile, steadily picking up points was Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel. While battling on the track Vettel and Webber were feuding in the team too in an attempt to become the favoured driver. Red Bull, to their credit, never gave an inch and both drivers would be fighting to the very last without interference.
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