This weekend is the season finale of one of the most excellent formula one seasons in a great long while. I’m not going to say ever, because I thoroughly enjoyed 2005 which was the last time Williams were competitive and the 2008 season (with the whole Alonso/Hamilton rivalry and the whole last lap to decide the championship thing was also pretty cool).

So basically it all comes down to this weekend, this one race and really 3 drivers (although Hamilton does have a mathematical chance of winning, somehow it doesn’t seem really likely, but harsher things have happened in the past – ie his victory 2 years ago over Massa comes to mind).

So who do I want to win this thing? I’ll say it now, definitely not Alonso. While I think the guy is a phenomenal driver and really does squeeze things out of his car that his teammates can’t, I don’t like his attitude. It something about the way he handles himself, as if this is his right to be the champion, as if it is so bloody unfair that he doesn’t win every single race. He just lacks a certain amount of humility.

On the far end of that is Sebastian Vettel, whom I rate and like a great deal, ever since his debut with BMW Sauber a few years ago as a replacement to the then injured Robert Kubica (following his crash in Canada) he just looks like he LOVES being there.

The thing about this particular season however is that he’s basically been up against Mark Webber. When Webber came to Williams years ago there was this excitement going because I really rated him. This year he’s proved what he can do when given the right machinery. The issue here is that while Red Bull seem to have given him the equipment they’ve not given him the moral support he needs, or at least it’s clear to everyone whom Red Bull would rather see win this championship…which is really strange.

Mark has been with Red Bull and Jaguar before that for a while, so he’s a loyal guy and generally and affable kinda guy. He’s not big headed, he’s a bit gruff in an Australian sort of way, but he just seems like the sort of guy that gets on with things generally – but will fight for his rights if he thinks people have overstepped their bounds. He’s a consummate professional, and he’s coming to the end of his F1 career.

The thing is I know that Vettel is going to have many many years ahead of him where he can be challenging for the title, I feel that this is Webber’s last chance and he’s done well through it all to get here. Vettel doesn’t need to help him, and Alonso isn’t going to help him, but it would be nice to see an outsider claim it (I know last year’s Brawn was an outsider, but that’s different due to the changes in the regulations and the driver lineups were not as strong as this years).

Either way, this proves to be a facinating race at the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi.