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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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