Sunday, November 7, 2010

Title Hopes

Fernando Alonso is playing it smart in the 2010 FIA Formula One Driver's Championship.


With a disappointing qualifying session on Saturday capped off by a mistake on his last flying lap, Fernando sat fifth on the grid for Sundays Grande Premio Petrobras Do Brasil.  Picking his way past Hamilton and Hulkenberg in the first seven laps, he found himself 8 seconds adrift of Webber in second place.


Rather than risk his fatigued engine by pushing too hard, or risk a driver mistake like Webber had in Korea, Alonso settled down into a pace that both he and his F10 could handle without issue.  Consistently quicker than Hamilton, and within a tenth or two of both Red Bull cars, Alonso simply let the race finish out.


Now, thanks to his patience, Alonso retains an 8 point lead over Webber, 15 over Vettel, and a full 24 points over Hamilton going into the final race of the year.  If Webber does win the season Finale, Fernando will need to be right on his gearbox in order to win the championship by 1 point.  Finishing ahead of Webber will all but guarantee victory.


Red Bull and it's drivers seem to be hand delivering the Drivers Championship to Maranello.  Had Vettel simply ceded the position to Webber, there would only be a 1 point gap going into the final race.


What will happen in Abu Dhabi?  We will find out in 5 days!

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