Gives You Wings

The 2009 Formula One season is unofficially over after the Brazilian Grand Prix. Button got the driver's champhionship while his team Brawn GP bagged the constructor's championship. Oh well, I can only sigh in disappointment. But needless to say, Vettel didn't go down without a fight. Although after the first round of qualifying it seemed that it was really hopeless. Vettel wasn't even able to go through Q2, he was 16th! Which I wasn't able to watch because it was shown really early in the morning (this was around 2am I think). And at the start of Q2, the qualifying was halted due to an accident of Liuzzi and heavy rains. We just read from a news report the next day that the round was suspended for more than an hour before it resumed. And then from the same report, we learned that Button will start 14th on the grid while Barrichello is first. Whoopee! That sort of gave me hope. If Button and Vettel won't score and Barrichello finishes on top, then we still have hope! During race day, Vettel actually started 15th because of Liuzzi's penalty (he started 20th). And really, Brazil is really something else. It was the most exciting leg of the season. Here are some of the highlights:

- Safety Car on the first few lapses of the race due to accident of Trulli, Sutil and Alonso
- Kimi's car on fire while on the pits because of Heiki fuel hose
- Button overtaking Grosjean, Nakajima and Kobayashi
- Rookie Kobayashi proving his worth as an F1 driver, good thing he tried holding his place while Button tried overtaking him
- Only 14 cars finished
- Rubens' really really bad luck in his home race. He was supposed to finish atleast 3rd but because of some engine (or wheel?) trouble he finished 8th giving Button 5th place which gives him enough points to win the championship
- Massa waving the chequered flag
- Weber's win overshadowed by Button's rejoicing hehehehe

This photo breaks my heart (this is Vettel after qualifying)

But let me quote Michael Schumacher's message to Vettel:

"What a pity obviously for Sebastian, but he still has a lot of time. He had a fantastic season and showed that he has everything to become world champion. He must not forget that with all the disappointment now. Of course he will see that differently at the moment and will need some days to digest this weekend. But I am sure we will see and hear a lot of good stuff from him in the future."

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