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Cracking race at the Japanese GP as always, first time for a while that you didn’t know who was going to win for most of the race.

Exactly two years ago today (9th October) was the 2011 Japanese GP, the race where Sebastian Vettel won his second World Drivers’ Championship. If Vettel wins this weekend and Alonso is ninth or lower then he will win his fourth.

The Korean GP had almost everything, it even had a Jeep briefly leading the race ahead of Vettel. Before Monza no driver had won two races in a row, Vettel has now won FOUR in a row.

The Korean GP is one of the less exciting tracks on the calendar. It’s been raced at three times, won by Alonso in 2010 and Vettel in 2011 & 2012.

One race closer to Vettel’s fourth title and the third consecutive race with a Vettel-Alonso 1-2 finish. The Singapore GP was the 13th race of the season and Sebastian Vettel’s 10th podium this year.

Almost time for the Singapore GP, F1s night race. This is the sixth race at the Marina Bay Street Circuit and the first without the Singapore Sling chicane.

Some more slightly late post-race stats, sorry about that! Vettel won the Italian GP, putting him on 222 points for the season. In the 12 races so far Vettel has been on the podium in 9 of them, finishing a race no lower than fourth.

The Italian GP, back in 1950 Giuseppe Farina won the first ever World Drivers’ Championship here and is the only driver to win the title in his home country. Monza is the most used circuit in F1 history, it has been used every year since 1950 with the exception of 1980.

Spa is over and the Belgian GP was a bit dull. Vettel got into the lead on lap one and stayed there, winning by a full 15 seconds. Qualifying on Saturday was one of the best I can remember, rain in Q1 and Q3 made everything completely unpredictable.

F1 is back! After a long summer break the Belgian GP is here. This weekend will be the 46th F1 race at Spa-Francorchamps and the 58th Belgian GP. The race has been held at three circuits, Spa-Francorchamps, Nivelles-Baulers and Circuit Zolder.