With only 2 races to go in the 2012 F1 season, Sebastian Vettel leads the championship by 10 points with Fernando Alonso in second place. Although the gap isn't that big, I can't see how Alonso can win the title now.
The Spaniard has had mixed fortunes since winning back to back world titles in 2005 and 2006, he was involved in the 'Crashgate' scandal in 2008 when Nelson Piquet deliberately crashed into the wall in Singapore and Alonso won the race after qualifying in 15th after the crash brought out the safety car.
In 2009, Alonso and all of his talent couldn't save Renault from finishing 8th out of 10 teams and the Spaniard subsequently left for Ferrari.
The 2010 season saw Alonso pipped to the world title by Sebastian Vettel. Alonso really should have won the championship but was held up by Vitaly Petrov for most of the final race and the Ferrari driver was only able to finish 7th.
2011 was a season to forget, Vettel won the world championship with 4 races to go and his Schumacher style domination wasn't very enjoyable to watch.
This season has been magnificent, with 7 different winners in the first 7 races. No driver has had a huge lead in the championship and Vettel's lead over Alonso is only 10 points with 2 races to go, but Vettel has won the last 4 and doesn't look like stopping. With his championship rival Alonso starting in 9th tomorrow, unless Vettel retires from the race, I can't see how Alonso can be the championship leader come the end of the race.
If the German driver wins the race, Alonso has to finish 5th to have any chance of winning the title, so I wouldn't be at all surprised if Vettel wins his 3rd world title tomorrow.
Could we really see the Spanish driver do what Vettel did in 2010 and come from behind to win the world title? If he does, it'll probably go down as one of the great comebacks in F1 history. Even if that doesn't happen, this season has been one of the best in recent times.
TB 2012.
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