Getting up for the Formula 1 this morning was a little bit pointless, really. Sebastian Vettel drove wonderfully to win, but it was a race distinctly lacking excitement, though there was interest in seeing Jenson Button drive through to 8th, just behind Rubens Barrichello. But if nothing else, the championship is nicely poised, Button 14 points ahead of Barrichello, who is now just 2 points ahead of Vettel.

The MotoGP didn’t really deliver either, despite a close start amongst the front runners. Jorge Lorenzo was impressive in taking the win, but his performance was overshadowed by the returning Casey Stoner, who finished a remarkable 2nd. It’s good to have you back, Casey. Not sure what was wrong with Valentino Rossi, who was off the pace in 4th, behind tiny Dani Pedrosa.

The World Rally Championship on Spain’s tarmac roads went as anyone would have predicted, with Sebastien Loeb winning from Dani Sordo – would could have won – and Mikko Hirvonen. That leaves Hirvonen a single point ahead of Loeb, which sets up the season-closing Rally GB perfectly. Loeb has more wins than Hirvonen, so needs to score a point more than the Finn to take the championship, by my reckoning.

So the excitement didn’t come out today in the top world series, but least in the F1 and WRC the weekend’s action has worked spectacularly well for an exciting climax to the championships. Which is exactly what we saw today in the British Touring Car Championship. But that deserves a post all of its own.

A quick word about the very close 125cc race though, which was particularly eventful for Bradley Smith, who led the race more than once, dropped as far as 7th, and ended up 3rd. His rival for 2nd in the championship, Nicholas Terol, didn’t finish, so Smith now has 11 points of breathing space in that little battle. It’s by no means enough to be comfortable though.