Looking back on a busy season
Jonathan Noble looks back over a season packed with drama, incident and some great racing - and gets the fans opinion on the pick of the drivers of 2009
As the dust settles on another Formula 1 season - and those who have been lucky enough to follow the amazing journey since Australia back in March can now head off to (briefly) think of something else other than the crazy world we've lived in for eight months - there is certainly going to be plenty of deep reflection about the year.
Sitting in the Abu Dhabi press room late on Sunday evening, as the cars were getting packed away for almost the last time this year (there is a young driver test to come in December), it was hard to take everything in that has happened this season.
1. Jenson Button 1715 2. Sebastian Vettel 1273 3. Lewis Hamilton 891 4. Rubens Barrichello 543 5. Mark Webber 466 6. Kimi Raikkonen 314 7. Nico Rosberg 182 8. Fernando Alonso 152 9. Kamui Kobayashi 148 10. Felipe Massa 39 11. Adrian Sutil 38 12. Sebastien Buemi 29 13. Timo Glock 28 14. Robert Kubica 18 15. Nick Heidfeld 8 16. Giancarlo Fisichella 2 17. Heikki Kovalainen 2 18. Nelson Piquet 2 19. Jarno Trulli 2
It is clear that car performance has played a big part in the outcome of the views, but that is certainly not the full story - and once again we have to say that 'spirit' has been a key consideration.
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