Performance of the Week

Before I reveal this weeks performance of the week I think I should give some honorable mentions to what has been a superb week or individual and team performances. Firstly the British Paralympic team who have amassed a huge 96 medals 41 of which are Gold medals, a truly stunning achievement, its just a shame they aren't given the same appreciation that our Olympic heroes received. Particular praise goes to Dave Roberts who equaled Tanny Gray Thompson's record of 11 Paralympic medals.

Other mentions should go to Theo Walcott for his hatrick in Zagreb on Wednesday night, the New Zealand Rugby team who have turned around there own fortunes to take the Tri-Nations title after beating Australia in the deciding game and Rodger Federer who won his 13th Grand Slam title at the US Open at the expense of Andy Murray.

However my Performance of the week goes to a sporting first. After achieving his first pole position Sebastian Vettel was being touted as a prospect of the future, who would have thought the future would be now. Vettel became the youngest ever winner of a Grand Prix after his stunning victory at Monza and has made the Motorsport world sit up and hail another protege breaking onto the F1 scene.

Vettel's victory is even more special if you take into account the conditions he had to put up with. The driving rain before the race had really taken its toil on the track and the surface water was making it almost impossible to see anything ahead of you. Vettel had the advantage in this respect in that he was at the front, the spray from the other cars would not affect him.

The strategy his team out him on, a one stop worked perfectly. Unlike other competitors he came in at the right time and changed tires at the perfect time, once it was clear that no more rain was expected.

And once he was infront he simply blitzed the field. Second placed Heikki Kovalainen finish eleven seconds adrift of the German and simply had no answer for his aggressive nature.

Not only was it the first victory for Vettel but it was the first win for his team Toro Rosso, the reaction they gave Vettel as he emerged from his soden car was clear to see this was a big day in the lives of the team.

Vettel also showed yesterday, that although people deny it there are other drivers out there apart from Lewis Hamilton and Flippe Massa.

He seems to have captured the hearts of racing fans with his victory and many who had abandoned the sport due to is predictability now have a new found love for it.

Commentators from all over the globe are talking about this being the greatest Grand Prix victory of all time, and boy aren't they right.