David Coulthard's Inside Track on the Indian Grand Prix
1. Who to watch
This is the last-chance saloon for Kimi Raikkonen, Lewis Hamilton, Mark Webber and Jenson Button. If any of them wants to win this title he needs to be winning this race or finishing significantly ahead of Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso. In fact, the two championship leaders basically need to DNF to let the others back in. But history has shown time and again that you cannot write people off.
2. Where the race will be won
The track is a bit like the last one in Korea, with a fast first sector, including the longest straight on the calendar, in which you need good straight-line speed. It then becomes more fiddly, so you need decent downforce too. Finding the right set-up will be crucial. As we have seen all year, though, it is the guys who qualify at the front who win races. Vettel has led every lap of every race since lap 22 in Singapore.
3. Other talking points
I have mixed emotions about racing in India. Clearly it is an incredible country, but the poverty is eye-watering. I don't know how many street children I passed from the airport to my hotel yesterday, but F1 feels more like an extravagance here than anywhere else. You have to hope it is making a difference, to India's motorsports industry, to the wider economy and to road safety.
