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With the two championships decided at the a lot of people are saying the fizz has gone out of the 2009 season finale in .

They're right in one way as there won't be any champagne on the podium here in the Emirati city, just like there wasn't in , but there is still plenty to look forward to.

It's the inaugural grand prix in Abu Dhabi and it is a quite staggering, eye-popping, mind-boggling venue.

Formula 1 has never seen anything like this and probably won't see anything like this again - the £800m spent on this venue, the facilities' attention to detail and the development plans for Yas Island have even exceeded 's dreams. And that's saying something because he sets the bar so high.

I just hope that we have a race that is fit for this circuit and a season that has given us some great racing, a great championship story and some sensational comebacks from , , and , who has performed despite his Ferrari rather than because of it.

There has also been drama off the track to match the thrills on it with '', and the threat of a breakaway series by the teams. And, even this late in the day, we're still in the middle of the storm over the future of the .

Yes, but who is going to be runner-up in the championship?

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For the last four years, the Formula 1 world title has been settled at the Brazilian Grand Prix - and a champion could well be crowned here in Sao Paulo once again on Sunday.

Brawn will almost certainly claim the constructors' title - they only need half a point - but can Jenson Button become champion on Sunday, or will he, his Brawn team-mate Rubens Barrichello and Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel still be battling it out in Abu Dhabi in two weeks' time.

This is my assessment of the three candidates:

Vettel, Button and Barrichello have a laugh ahead of the Brazilian Grand Prix

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If and are going to clinch either - or both - this weekend then they are going to have to do it .

The rain, some of it torrential in the second practice session, made sure that , which is, in essence, a test day. I talked to various engineers and they all said they had learnt nothing at all.

It was a frustrating day and it looks like the first dry running at Suzuka will come in the first part of qualifying on Saturday as most forecasts are predicting it will be wet again for third practice.

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