The circus left - the clowns remained


    A big circus “left” yesterdayas they call Formula 1 racing. You ask a question: where does the IT social network habrahabr.ru and sports (Formula 1). I would not call Formula 1 a sport, it is rather a competition of modern technologies. No wonder more than half of the title and technology sponsors are directly related to the IT industry (AMD, Intel, Panasonic, CA, Philips and many others, not counting the leading automakers).

    So, what am I talking about? About how the circus left. Yesterday was the last race of the season, in which it was decided who would become the world champion in this prestigious “circus”. Before the race of the season in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the Jose Carlos Pase Interlagos circuit, there were two main competitors: the young black Briton Lewis Hamilton (McLaren team) and the more experienced Brazilian pilot (as the Poles say: Brazilian, Kirovets (watched on TV, Polsat Sport Exrtra) ) Felippe Massa (Ferrari). Hamilton ahead of Massa by 7 points, in order to become a world champion, he had to finish the race no lower than 5th place. It seems to be not such a difficult task, but the paradox is that last year there was exactly the same story but the Finnish pilot Kimmy Raikonnen was in place of Massa. In the same way, Hamilton was ahead of Raikonnen from Ferrari by 7 points, and managed to come 6th. And he lost the champion’s crown. For the entire season, both Massa and Hamilton deserved the title of champion, but it was to go to only one.

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    Before the start of the race, I stocked up with validol, and as it turned out not in vain. The race began with the fact that, before its start, the famous Brazilian downpour took place, and the race was delayed for 10 minutes. From this the heart began to beat only harder ...
    And now the start is given.

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    From the very beginning, the race began somehow nervously. After the first turn, David Coulhard (Red Bull Racing) and Nelsinho Piquet (Renault) were immediately taken out. And for the veteran of Formula 1, the last race of his career, probably ended not the way he wanted.

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    I will lose half the race, otherwise this topic will turn into a book. I will say one thing, everything went according to the plan of Lewis Hamilton. Although Massa rode in first place, Lewis held on to the "test" 5th, which guaranteed him a crown.

    But literally 5 laps before the finish line it started to rain, which confused all the cards to the riders. All sharply rushed into the boxes to "change clothes" for rain tires. Up to this point, Lewis was able to climb to 4th place.

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    But after leaving the boxes, everything was mixed up. It turned out not everyone went to change tires in the rain. Toyota team decided not to “change clothes”, and went in the rain on tires designed for dry weather. It’s the same as riding a summer set of rubber on ice, in a regular car. In principle, it is possible, but how long?

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    Timo Glock from the Toyote team squeezed into 4th place. Hamilton, was on the 5th. On the 6th, a young, rising star of Formula 1 German, Sebastian Vettel from the team Torro Rosso (aka Red Bull-2), on which are the engines ... Ferrari. The whole group got to the "circular" riders who were lagging behind. And here, as they say, what happened is called "put out the light."

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    One and a half laps (!!!) to the finish line, Vettel, taking advantage of Hamilton's indecision, overtaking the circular Robert Kubica from BMW, slipped into the 5th place with a beautiful maneuver! The entire stadium at first froze, not believing its eyes, and finally exploded! In this “situation”, their favorite (Massa) became the champion! To overtake, in the modern formula-1, for 1 circle, it is almost impossible. So it basically was. Hamilton tried to fight, but the car at the end of the race no longer had that balance. She is clearly inferior in speed Torro Rosso. Lewis fans ran for validol, Massa fans screamed for joy. Finally ... Felippe crosses the finish line first. The stadium is boiling.

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    The Hamilton-Vettel pair is approaching the last corner. Hamilton 6th! And ... We all forgot about Toyota Timo Glock. Not for nothing, I wrote ... how long you can swim with a pound weight. The same thing happened with Toyota pilots - they no longer drove, they just sailed. And almost at the finish line, a pair of young Hamilton Vettel fighters flew Toyota Glock with a finishing spurt ... Vettel 4th. Hamilton - 5th. He becomes the 30th and youngest world champion in Formula 1 racing. And tears of happiness in the eyes of Lewis, tears of disappointment in the eyes of Felippe.

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    I am very sorry Felippe, he also deserved to win, but yesterday God wanted to see Hamilton finally become the fastest Formula 1 driver this year. In an interview with ITV correspondent, Lewis Hamilton said: “I can not convey in words what I feel now. We have come a long way, I am grateful to the fans for their support, to the team for the fantastic work during the season, I am excited and proud that I was able to win this title for them.

    In the last laps, the tires were seriously worn out, I tried to maintain a separation from Sebastian, but I could only stay ahead. When the track got wet, I didn’t want to take risks, he stepped forward, and suddenly they told me on the radio that I had to return the position in order to win the title. I could not believe it, and we immediately overtook Glock. I can only thank God!

    Just before that, they informed me that Glock had lost speed, I attacked Vettel, and he was no slower than me, if not faster. This is the most difficult race of my career. Crossing the finish line, I did not know that I won the title, the team confirmed this only in the first corner, and I realized that the dream came true.

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    I thought that the heart could not stand it, probably many had the same feeling. I don’t know what would happen if I lost everything in the last laps. The tires were worn out, the car was heavy with fuel, and Vettel had a fresh set, and he recouped with each round. Felipe Massa had a fantastic race, I congratulate him on a well-deserved victory, we fought great this year. But victory in the championship is incredible! ”

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    This is also a "formula" :)

    UPD: As I expected in the comments they ask: what does IT have to do with the topic?
    In the same way, I asked a question when the articles about Formula 1 were published on the IT sites I respect : thg.ru ixbt.com 3dnews.ru
    Today's Formula 1 is more like a high-tech competition in IT technologies.
    Struggle in the financial sphere (is it a joke, last year McLaren paid only a fine of $ 100 million, and I generally will not say anything about budgets)
    After all, no one raises the question of why articles about computer games or games are published on habr-e ...
    With my article I wanted to “hook” and arouse interest in these competitions, believe me, “Formula 1” is not a ride round and round. All the most interesting behind the curtain: the struggle of technology, minds.
    Thanks to all the readers who supported me. I will try to write articles “on the subject” in the near future :)
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