I know F1 has come-in for its usual stick about being boring again this year. With the lack of refueling limiting the options for the teams and the now regular legal dispuates about diffusers - I generally agreed with this view until yesterday...but after watching the Melbourne race my opinion has changed.
Jenson Button was able to drive 4/5ths of the race on the same set of tyres and still post the best lap times of the race in the dying stages - contrast that with his stablemate who burnt through his fresh set of tyres in about 7 laps during his dastardly attempt to crawl back to his lost third place.
I previously thought Button was a bit of a wimp, who only ever enjoyed success because of a technical loophole, and that Hamilton was a real tiger behind the wheel, but these new rules bring back another dimension to racing - Driver Efficiency - which also puts more emphasis back on the driver's skill which I think is a good thing.
Tomorrow I'm off to Snetterton for our first é25 Motorsport event of the year - I've never been behind the wheel of a Gallardo on a track before but I'll try to keep driver efficiency foremost in my thoughts and not just blast that pocket rocket to its top speed as aggressively as possible!
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