Well, neither of the title favorites won, and the title was dropped like the proverbial ball. The long shot Vettel picked up the challenge and won with fervor.
Webber pitted early due to rear tire wear (possibly from smacking the wall on the exit of the chicane). Rather than continuing on in 4th, Ferrari reacted to Webber's stop and brought Alonso in for primes way too early. Dropping down the order, he found himself behind Petrov and Rosberg who had already pitted during the first lap safety car. I must say that Petrov did a very good job of preserving his primes for 54 laps, and still had something to fight with near the end.
Whoever made the call to pit early on the Ferrari pit wall made the wrong decision. Fernando could easily have gone on Button's strategy and won the WDC from 4th position. It requires presence of mind to make calls within a team, and not taking into account the Renault and Williams early pitstops was a true cock up.
Bring on 2011 already. Forza Ferrari, Viva Fernando!
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