Red Bull Racing’s one two finish in the Brazilian Grand Prix held at the Interlagos circuit last weekend clinched the Formula One Constructors championship for the team with one race still left to run. A truly impressive performance for the team that really have been the class of the field in 2010.
While not the fastest car in a straight line the Red Bull RB6 has proven itself to have the best handling of any Formula One car this season by a country mile. Adrian Newey the cars designer is truly the best Aerodynamicist of his generation and the RB6 the proven pinnacle of modern formula one design, eclipsing both McLaren and Ferrari.
2010 Constructors Championship After Brazilian Grand Prix
| Position | Constructor | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 1 | Red Bull Racing | 469 |
 | 2 | Vodaphone McLaren Mercedes | 421 |
 | 3 | Scuderia Ferrari | 389 |
 | 4 | Mercedes GP Petronas | 202 |
 | 5 | Renault F1 | 145 |
 | 6 | AT&T William | 69 |
 | 7 | Force India | 68 |
 | 8 | BMW Sauber F1 | 44 |
 | 9 | Scuderia Torro Rosso | 11 |
 | 10 | Lotus Racing | 0 |
 | 11 | HRT F1 Team | 0 |
 | 12 | Virgin Racing | 0 |
Updated Nov 08, 2010
But I wonder if Red Bull didn’t make a strategic mistake at Interlagos, letting their two drivers race up until the final flag which may cost them the double of Constructors and Drivers World Championship titles.
In Brazil Vettel won with Webber close behind and Alonso in third place. In this order Alonso maintains the lead in the Formula One Worlds Championship by 8 points, If Webber had won in Brazil with Vettel in second Alonso’s Margin would have been cut to only 1 point giving Webber a greater chance of Winning the Championship at the final Race at the YAz MArina Circuit in Adu Dhabi this coming weekend.
2010 Drivers Championship After Brazilian Grand Prix
| Position | Race Number | Driver | Team | Driver Nationality | Current Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari |  | 246 |
| 2 | 6 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing |  | 238 |
| 3 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing |  | 231 |
| 4 | 2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren |  | 222 |
| 5 | 1 | Jenson Button | McLaren | | 199 |
| 6 | 7 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari |  | 143 |
| 7 | 4 | Nico Rossberg | Mercedes GP | | 130 |
| 8 | 11 | Robert Kubica | Renault |  | 126 |
| 9 | 3 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes GP | | 72 |
| 10 | 9 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | | 47 |
| 11 | 14 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | | 47 |
| 12 | 23 | Kamui Kobayashi | BMW Sauber F1 |  | 32 |
| 13 | 10 | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams | | 22 |
| 14 | 15 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India |  | 21 |
| 15 | 12 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault |  | 19 |
| 16 | 16 | Sebastien Buemi | Torro Rosso |  | 8 |
| 17 | 26 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber F1 | | 6 |
| 17 | 22 | Pedro De La Rosa | BMW Sauber F1 |  | 6 |
| 19 | 17 | Jaime Alguersuari | Torro Rosso | | 3 |
| 20 | 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus F1 |  | 0 |
| 21 | 18 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus F1 | | 0 |
| 22 | 20 | Karun Chandhok | HRT F1 Team |  | 0 |
| 23 | 21 | Bruno Senna | HRT F1 Team | | 0 |
| 24 | 25 | Lucas Di Grassi | Virgin Racing | | 0 |
| 25 | 24 | Timo Glock | Virgin Racing | | 0 |
| 26 | 25 | Sakon Yamamoto | HRT F1 Team | | 0 |
| 27 | 27 | Christian Klien | HRT F1 Team |  | 0 |
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I guess we won’t have long to wait, and it certainly adds additional drama to the last race of the season with 4 drivers: Alonso; Webber; Vettel and Hamilton all still mathematically capable of winning the Drivers championship. This Formula One season truly has been the most competitive for years.
