Monday, 15 November 2010

Don’t you just love it when the wheels come off?

Fernando Alonso just had to finish in the top 4 in the last Grand Prix of the season (thanks to Ferrari International Assistance turning a blind eye to illegal team orders) to be drivers’ champion in a season dominated by Red Bull, which had already sewn up the constructors’ championship.

Alonso was able to keep his closest rival, Mark Webber, behind him but all he could manage was 7th place behind 2nd division drivers who were desperate to prove they should keep their job. As a result, Sebastian Vettel, 3rd in the drivers’ championship at the start of the race, was able to lead all the way from pole, become the youngest ever F1 champ and stand on a podium filled with champions, current and former.

All of which proves that the universe does get it right on occasion, but so infrequently that we remain amazed that things actually worked out the way they should.

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