Joan Mir's historic world championship winning season for Suzuki was characterised by a slow start - DNFs in two of the opening three rounds - then staying rock solid as the pressure rose in the MotoGP title fight.
Joan Mir wins the MotoGP title with a tense but risk-free seventh place in the penultimate round at Valencia, becoming Suzuki's first grand prix world champion since Kenny Roberts in 2000.
Whilst admitting to rating Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton and Robert Kubica and praising 'charming' and 'super-quick' Rubens Barrichello, Sir Frank Williams concedes he struggles to warm so much to Fernando Alonso
As he tips newly-crowned F1 2010 World Champion Sebastian Vettel to go on to emulate his own achievements in the sport, four-time title-winner Alain Prost predicts a 'quieter' and 'stronger' competitor next year
Sebastian Vettel led from the front to win both the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and the 2010 F1 world championship as rivals Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber came up short.
Offering his assessment of the F1 2010 title chase with two races to go, former world champion Nigel Mansell reckons Korean error notwithstanding, Mark Webber remains on-course to clinch the drivers' crown - but fears Lewis Hamilton will conversely end up counting the cost of his 'misjudgements' this year
Former multiple world champion Alain Prost argues Michael Schumacher should have downplayed his objectives for his ill-fated F1 2010 comeback - but says 'a lack of humility' prevented the German legend from doing so
Renault F1 technical director James Allison argues that Robert Kubica is so good that should the team give him a car that's 'even half-capable' of claiming the crown, the Pole will achieve it
Ironically off the back of one of his best performances since his return, under-fire record-breaking F1 legend Michael Schumacher has offered another reason to explain his off-colour form at Mercedes Grand Prix this year...
If it comes down to a mental duel between Red Bull Racing team-mates Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel for the F1 2010 crown, Alan Jones reckons his countryman is in pole position - and poised to see off all comers
Former F1 World Champion Kimi Raikkonen has sprung to the defence of Red Bull Racing star Sebastian Vettel - arguing that the under-fire German can still claim the 2010 title and moreover is 'the nicest guy' on the grand prix grid...
He might have heavily damaged his McLaren-Mercedes with a hefty morning shunt in the rain, and the blown rear end may still not be quite 'perfect', but F1 2010 World Championship leader Lewis Hamilton remains confident for the 2010 German Grand Prix at Hockenheim
Double F1 World Champion Fernando Alonso has sought to rally the troops and re-invigorate spirits at Ferrari in the wake of the Scuderia's worst result of the season to-date in the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, by asserting: We will win the title in 2010!
There now appear to be as many as three potential openings for Kimi Raikkonen should the World Rally Championship convert wish to make an F1 return in 2011 - at Renault, Mercedes Grand Prix and Red Bull Racing...
Current F1 2010 World Championship leader Lewis Hamilton reviews Martin Whitmarsh's success since taking over at the helm of McLaren from Ron Dennis - and admits his relationship with his father is still not back to what it once was
Michael Schumacher took the chequered flag a lowly 15th in the 2010 European Grand Prix to record his worst-ever F1 result - but had it not been for a safety car regulation that he described as 'not correct', Mercedes' comeback king argues he could have finished 'close to the podium' in Valencia
Fresh off the back of McLaren-Mercedes' second commanding one-two finish in as many races in the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal, former F1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton predicts other circuits later on in the 2010 season will give the team 'a better opportunity to win' still
Together with sons Leo and Greg, former F1 World Champion Nigel Mansell is preparing to 'make history' in the iconic Le Mans 24 Hours this weekend - perhaps, he hints, his first appearance of many in the legendary round-the-clock La Sarthe classic
The best driver in the field, a flawed genius, a spoilt, over-rated prima donna - opinions are divided about Fernando Alonso, but is the Spaniard really worth the mega-bucks Ferrari is paying him..?
As speculation over the MotoGP 2011 rider merry-go-round increasingly gathers pace, a well-informed Ducati Marlboro source concedes that 2007 world champion Casey Stoner 'has already decided' to switch to Repsol Honda next year