So the Red Bull team finish the 2011 Formula One season as they begun, by dominating a race. Will they be able to keep up this superiority next year. One wonders if there are any other teams ready to give them a genuine fight for the title in 2012?
In previous years, sometimes towards the end of a season there will be signs from a teams performance that though they haven't had a good season that year they will potentially be at the sharp end of the grid in the following season.
At the end of 1997 Mclaren started to show some pace after several mediocre years. Mika Hakkinen led in Britain and Austria before being sidelined with mechanical issues and then David Coulthard won in Italy before Mika won the last race of the season at Jerez. That year they were a team clearly on the ascent, and this was followed by titles for Hakkinen in 1998 & 1999.
In both 1985 & 1991, Nigel Mansell had a good second half to his and his teams season, following them up by almost winning the title in '86 and finally triumphing and winning the crown in 1992. Likewise Alan Jones preceded his championship year by being the class of the field also in a Williams towards the end of 1979.
Red Bull themselves showed their intentions by outpacing the Brawn team after the first half of their 2009 campaign. Since then they have been pretty much stuck to the top of the race results. Mclaren have shown moments of promise this year but you wouldn't bet on them, or anybody else, leaving Red Bull in their tracks in 2012.
In previous years, sometimes towards the end of a season there will be signs from a teams performance that though they haven't had a good season that year they will potentially be at the sharp end of the grid in the following season.
At the end of 1997 Mclaren started to show some pace after several mediocre years. Mika Hakkinen led in Britain and Austria before being sidelined with mechanical issues and then David Coulthard won in Italy before Mika won the last race of the season at Jerez. That year they were a team clearly on the ascent, and this was followed by titles for Hakkinen in 1998 & 1999.
In both 1985 & 1991, Nigel Mansell had a good second half to his and his teams season, following them up by almost winning the title in '86 and finally triumphing and winning the crown in 1992. Likewise Alan Jones preceded his championship year by being the class of the field also in a Williams towards the end of 1979.
Red Bull themselves showed their intentions by outpacing the Brawn team after the first half of their 2009 campaign. Since then they have been pretty much stuck to the top of the race results. Mclaren have shown moments of promise this year but you wouldn't bet on them, or anybody else, leaving Red Bull in their tracks in 2012.
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