"Me, I'm the best" boasted a radiant Jenson Button when asked two months ago in an interview for GQ Magazine on his opinion on the greatest driver in racing history. "It doesn't matter who wins if I don't. I only care if I win".
For sure Mr. Button should be rethinking now the words which flowed out from his lips at that time, for whatever happened after he said them, he have only managed to claim 8 out of 40 points available in the last 4 races.
And even though his downslope could be somehow explained by a sudden decrease in the Brawn-Mercedes' performance against their rivals, the latest two races have shown us that the technical issue have been mostly solved, but the man just can't find the pace he enjoyed at the beginning of the season.
In fact, it seems that Barrichello borrowed a part of whatever Button had before, and is now the one touched with grace.
Anyway, this F1 season is growing with excitement not only because it entered its final stage, but also because the protagonists are different each race that pass and moreover, they seem to been pulled out from the list of drivers that in previous seasons were resting in the calmly peace of the middle-bottom side of the table.
In the eve of the 2009 season starting, almost all the media around was speculating on a tournament where the names of Hamilton, Raikonnen, Massa, Kubica, Kovalainen, Vettel and Alonso were regarded as the main contenders.
Instead of this, whomever take a look now at a F1 leaderboard and discover the names of Button, Barrichello and Webber flashing brightly in the first positions, will understandingly conclude: but this is a miracle.
Moreover, staring at the name of the scintillating winner of the last pole position and second placed at Spa Francochamps, one is tempted to say: indeed, this is a resurrection. I'm sure some people didn't even know that Fisichella was still racing.
But yes, he is, and look what, he's not dead, but more alive now than ever. While helping the indian-owned team to achieve its first pole position and gain its first F1 points ever, the italian gave himself a huge and deserved dose of self-esteem, after years of anonymous roaming and plenty of ill-disposed and critical comments against him.
Meanwhile, Raikonnen, another who was counted among the dead this season (at least for the scuderia fans), has sent a clear message to his detractors by claiming an exciting Belgian grand prix: hey, i'm still up. Those who want his head off and Alonso's one placed instead, will have now to wait and see, for the Finnish is improving race by race -luckily for Ferrari- who are surely through one of the worst seasons in their brilliant history.
And i'm afraid the so far terrible selection of Luca Badoer as replacement for Massa is not helping in any way.
Almost the same we can say about Renault’s choice of Grosjean instead of Nelsinho Piquet: After two races, it’s difficult to see in which way is Grosjean helping Renault more than Nelsinho was, while the Brazilian -enraged by his sudden sacking- has stunned his former employer with some incendiary declarations that, prompting an investigation from the FIA, might seriously threaten the future of the French team within the F1, or Piquet’s one, if the inquiry turns out to be false.
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