Ever since Michael Schumacher
dominated the F1 with his Ferrari in the 2000s, no one could ever imagine
anyone coming close to matching his records or even breaking it. How times had
changed with the emergence of a certain Sebastien Vettel. Hailing from the same
country of Germany, it seems like Germans are talentedly fast with their 2
legendary champions.
Vettel first burst into the F1 scene
with the Red Bulls junior team, Torro Rosso. Being just a feeder team for Red
Bulls, he had shown that he possessed something different that separated him
from the rest of his peers, his natural speed. Managing to secure a pole
position and going on to record his first victory, he managed to secure a seat
at the Red Bulls team the following season. Proving no fluke to that particular
win, that race win and pole position is still what Torro Rosso has achieved so
far in their history.
Racing for Red Bulls, nothing much
can be said with his 4th straight Drivers’ crown and just breaking Michael
Schumacher’s record of 7 straight wins in a single season. At still a young age
of 26 and already achieved 38 race wins, looks like Schumi’s record of 91 is
not that distant anymore.
Although 2014 will be a totally new
ball game altogether, with Mark Webber gone and Adrian Newwy’s genius stroke,
Vettel will no doubt be up there challenging for the championship again.
Just like what is a year of
dominance at F1, the same can also be said on the world of MotoGP. With the
conclusion of the 2013 season, a new upstart rookie, Marc Marquez at only 20
years of age, upstaged the veterans of defending champion, Jorge Lorenzo,
legendary Valentino Rossi back on a Yamaha, and even his team mate Dani
Pedrosa, in winning his MotoGP World title in his debut season.
Just starting out his first year
with Honda at the elite level, Marquez had shown tremendous speed and
aggression to constantly fight for wins and podiums. With Lorenzo and Pedrosa
suffering major crashes which put them out of action during the middle of the
season, Marc would stamp his mark on the races and take the overall lead which
he never relinquish. Even being dealt with a black flag at Australia, he had enough
in his tank to finish the year in style with his World title. Lorenzo’s late
charge for the title would prove in vain. But what would have happen if Lorenzo
did not have to sit out a few races due to injury?
Marc’s performance may have not been
as eye catching as Vettel, but he did dominated the entire field with his
consistency and sometimes ruthless aggression, even with his team mate Pedrosa.
While thinking back, even Rossi in his prime and Lorenzo could not had to take
some time before truly settling into their greatness.
At only 20 years of age, looks like
Rossi’s various records achieved throughout his career will also be tumbling
down in a few years time.
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