As I wrote the title for this piece, I was intending to write about the Drivers World Championship, but it struck me that I should be writing about Taku too. So here goes, as we approach perhaps the definitive race lets look at both subjects.

Taku is no doubt working very very hard at getting into one of the new seats coming along in 2010. I was talking to the TV again this morning, I hope someone was listening: the commentators were making the very good point that young drivers have come in and done nothing but cause problems (probably due to lack of testing giving them the mileage they need - but possibly because they have no real talent for this formula). They made the point which Taku fans have known for a long time ... we need more talented drivers because there is a shortage of them on the grid just now.

When the field is as close as it is (usually a second or so separating the entire field) there are two ways to win points after qualifying: to sit back and wait for others to make mistakes (like Button does) or to attack and make places by courageous driving (like Taku). To make F1 interesting we want him back. Simples.

 Which brings me to my second point - is Button going to be World Champion? Well, if he is, it will be down to other people failing to be successful - Vettel has a hard job, but he could still do it. I get the feeling that Button will sit back and wait, rather than chase him down. Rubens has an even better chance, and if rumours about Brawn throwing Rubens out of the team are right, he has something to show Brawn. Again, Button will be hoping to stay close to him, rather than beat him on the track.

Button won some races at the start of the season in the best Honda/Super Aguri car ever seen ... and then he went off the boil. Luckily for him though, so did everyone else. Vettel and Webber  both made mistakes and were subject to car troubles - Brawn's reliability working harder than Button's driving.

I hope Vettel wins tomorrow to keep the championship alive. I hope Rubens does well. I wonder if reliability will yet play a cruel part of 2009.