Which of the 2 Formula 1 seasons have you enjoyed the most? 2010: One of the tightest championship fights ever with what appeared to be 6 contenders in the very early races counting in the fact that Felipe Massa was a championship leader, then for the majority 5 contenders all within the boundaries of a single win from each other in the standings all the way to the penultimate race in Brazil - making (I think) the highest amount of drivers in conention for the WDC with 4 from 3 different teams with two of them being teammates. However on the track things were a slightly less entertaining spectacle last year with drivers going to around 15-19 laps or so pitting once and going to the end on bulletproof tyres. It was very much a season of follow the leader, few on track battles. Only really the unique situation of Montreal and races with rain offered much of a spectacle. 2011: I think this season holds the record for on track overtakes after the first lap. The introduction of grippy but fragile pit stop increasing Pirelli's along with KERS and DRS has made real on track battles which wouldn't look out of place in a hollywood film. Opinions are of course divided on weather this is a good thing - personally I think its awesome, and I loved Turkey, that for me was a true classic and Rosberg really shone. There have been memorable overtakes for the lead of the races in the last laps Ie. Hamilton overtaking Vettel in China for the win and the same with Button in Montreal. However as far as the championship fight is concerned: Zzzzz......Vettel......Newey.......Red-Bull......Mark who? Zzzzz Vettel has lead from the off with only Webber having the car to challenge him - and he hasn't, the end. Clearly the best scenario would be a 2010 championship fight with 2011's level of fighting for position. In fact refueling allowed slower drivers/cars to get in the mix ie Alonso on Hungary pole 2009 and there was certainly overtaking in that era with (real) championship battles. Comparing 2010 to 2011 still makes me prefer refuelling to what we have had since Bahrain 2010 - today. At the time it seemed to me like trying to fix something that wasn't broken - my opion is the same now as it was then. edit: I should have finished the earlier part by saying all things considered, I prefered 2010
2011 any day. 2010 races were crap. Races are what gives excitement until the end of the season when its the championship. (other than Canada and Wet races) the best race of 2010 was pretty much as good as Australia this year. Which wasnt that great. So I would chose 2011.
2010 could have ended up like this year if vettel's car had not been so unreliable in the first two races of last year he could have won the first three races
The 2011 season has seen some fantastic races, although I feel several have been spoilt by DRS making passing too easy. I'd take exciting races instead of exciting title battle any day.
Title deciding: 2010, never have I been so emotional for a f1 driver winning on the final race. Races: 2011, Canada, China and Monaco....need I say more? Being a Vettel fan: 2011 of course...
The championship fight was much better in 2010, but the racing has been better in 2011, races like China, Spain, Canada, Silverstone, Germany have been great fun to watch. Though I still wish they would bring back re-fuelling and higher RPM engines though, just imagine how great that would be.
