Thanks for this news, after I read it here, I saw it in our newspaper on Internet too!

Stars are aligning for Vettel to win his third WDC in 2012. By winning his third WDC this year, he will become the youngest triple champ ever. Breaking Senna's record by six years. Senna is the youngest triple champ ever at 31. Schumacher also won his third WDC at 31. But Vettel will obliterate that record big time. Looks like Vettel will win his third WDC at 25. Six years before Senna and Schumacher did it. Goca also said that the WDC winner this year would be wearing dark colors. That is clearly Vettel with Red Bull's dark blue color. Vettel also will become only the third driver ever to win at least 3 consecutive WDCs. Fangio and Schumacher did it as well.

Qualifying in Suzuka, Japan:

1. Vettel
2. Webber
3. Kobayashi
4. Grosjean
5. Perez
6. Alonso
7. Raikkonen
8. Button
9. Hamilton
10. Massa

(Schumacher originally 13, now last by penalty; Rosberg originally 15, now 13).

I wonder how Mercedes will give Hamilton an adequate car in the next season after trying in vain to do so by help of Michael Schumacher for the last two and a half seasons. MS today: "The car was not fast enough anyhow."

Johannes

It is Vettel's 34. pole position
Senna had 65
Schumacher still leads by 68

Points as yet:
194 - Alonso
165 - Vettel
149 - Raikkonen
142 - Hamilton

johannes susato wrote:Qualifying in Suzuka, Japan:

1. Vettel
2. Webber
3. Kobayashi
4. Grosjean
5. Perez
6. Alonso
7. Raikkonen
8. Button
9. Hamilton
10. Massa


I wonder how Mercedes will give Hamilton an adequate car in the next season after trying in vain to do so by help of Michael Schumacher the last two and a half seasons. MS today: "The car was not fast enough anyhow."

Johannes

Hamilton moving to Mercedes is great news for Vettel. With Alonso driving a mediocre car in Ferrari and Hamilton driving a mediocre car as well in Mercedes, the future looks bright for Vettel. You have two of the three best drivers in sub-par cars and Vettel in a fantastic Red Bull car. We could see Vettel winning the WDC for many consecutive years. At this rate, Vettel could break Schumacher's record of 7 WDCs in a few years. A german driver becoming the greatest of all time, breaking the record of another german driver who is the current greatest of all time.

johannes susato wrote:It is Vettel's 34. pole position
Senna had 65
Schumacher still leads by 68

Points as yet:
194 - Alonso
165 - Vettel
149 - Raikkonen
142 - Hamilton

Vettel looks destined to eventually break the pole position record as well.

ruby2012 wrote:[...] Goca also said that the WDC winner this year would be wearing dark colors. That is clearly Vettel with Red Bull's dark blue color.

I think you are right. But not to forget Raikkonen in his still darker - black - car, and by points he is still in reach to the top.
How strong Red Bulls are, we see in place one and two in today's qualifying after the last poor performance of the cars.

ruby2012 wrote:Hamilton moving to Mercedes is great news for Vettel. With Alonso driving a mediocre car in Ferrari and Hamilton driving a mediocre car as well in Mercedes, the future looks bright for Vettel. You have two of the three best drivers in sub-par cars and Vettel in a fantastic Red Bull car. We could see Vettel winning the WDC for many consecutive years. [...]

. . . and this will very probably last as long as stardesigner Adrian Newey stays with the Red Bull team. Schumacher had tried a long time to get him moved to Mercedes. In vain.

johannes susato wrote:

ruby2012 wrote:Hamilton moving to Mercedes is great news for Vettel. With Alonso driving a mediocre car in Ferrari and Hamilton driving a mediocre car as well in Mercedes, the future looks bright for Vettel. You have two of the three best drivers in sub-par cars and Vettel in a fantastic Red Bull car. We could see Vettel winning the WDC for many consecutive years. [...]

. . . and this will very probably last as long as stardesigner Adrian Newey stays with the Red Bull team. Schumacher had tried a long time to get him moved to Mercedes. Newey had designed the Ferrari to adequate Schumacher before.

Newey-designed cars have won the following Formula One World Constructors' Championships:

1992 ? Williams FW14B
1993 ? Williams FW15C
1994 ? Williams FW16
1996 ? Williams FW18
1997 ? Williams FW19
1998 ? McLaren MP4/13
2010 ? Red Bull RB6
2011 ? Red Bull RB7


Newey-designed cars have also won eight Formula One World Drivers' Championships:


1992 (Mansell)
1993 (Prost)
1996 (Hill)
1997 (Villeneuve)
1998 (Hakkinen)
1999 (Hakkinen)
2010 (Vettel)
2011 (Vettel)


Newey is a genius. At this rate, he will win many titles with Red Bull in the upcoming years, including 2012.

I wonder if Newey would leave Red Bull one day.
Of course he was not with the Ferrari team as I had written erroneously in a statement above. I have corrected this.

Johannes

Vettel won Suzuka GP,Alonso out,so now favorite is Vettel and maybe ruby2012 is right about colour method.

Results Suzuka, Japan:
1. Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull Racing)
2. Felipe Massa (Ferrari)
3. Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber)
4. Jenson Button (McLaren)
5. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren)
6. Kimi R?ikk?nen (Lotus)
7. Nico H?lkenberg (Force India)
8. Pastor Maldonado (Williams)
9 .Mark Webber (Red Bull Racing)
10. Daniel Ricciardo (STR)
11. Michael Schumacher (Mercedes) - from 23 !
12. Paul di Resta (Force India)
13. Jean-Eric Vergne (STR)
14. Bruno Senna (WIL)
15. Heikki Kovalainen (CAT)
16. Timo Glock (Marussia-Virgin)
17. Vitali Petrov (CAT)
18. Pedro de la Rosa (HRT)
out: Alonso, Rosberg, Perez, Karthikeyan, Pic (partly because of an accident by Grosjean

I would enjoy to see Schumacher drive a car like Red Bull . . .