2012 Brazilian GP - Interlagos

[FakeAlonso]

why not

Politics and public image from stripping Vettel of the title.

For me this race sums up the season beautifully - Alonso did the best he could with his car, and Vettel drove very inconsistently. He had the pace at times and made some good overtakes, but also made some clumsy moves and a couple of mistakes including that rookie first lap and overtaking Kobayashi under yellow flags. But ultimately the Red Bull was a good enough car to carry him home.

Third best driver in the best car brought it home today.

What do you mean politics...

So this championships is decided by politics and not fair application of the rules....

If FIA is a bunch of communists yes I agree with you but they should be consistant no matter who it is..

I think ferrari should protest.

[AMNJG24F]

Any video of this supposed Vettel pass in the yellow's. US television over here never showed it.

[Intego]

Congratulations to Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull!
Congratulations to Jenson Button.
Congratulations to Kimi Räikkönen for finishing every single race this season! =D>
Congratulations to Caterham for clinching 10th place.

[myurr]

Wow u Alonso lovers are sore losers!! I think u have to give credit where credit is due. Mark webber has had the exact same car as vettel for the last three years and he hasnt won his first wdc yet.

And until they got the blown exhaust working Webber was beating, or at least matching, Vettel. Seb is just better than Webber at extracting the potential of that single device.

[Formula one fan]

The stewards said the looked at vettel's overtaking of kobyashi many many times and could find nothing wrong with it. You Alonso fans are something else!!

[Poleman]

Congrats for Vettel for his championship but this sob is so freaking lucky...After collision still able to continue while on other incidents the victim's car gets blown to pieces...Pfffttt...So sad for Lewis... Hulkenberg-It doesnt just take to have a fast/or the fastest car to make u a great driver and a winner.

[Red Schneider]

All I'm going to say is that if Vettel broke the rules and the FIA declines to punish him, it will be an absolute outrage.

[alvinkhorfire]

Are there no vettel fans on this board??? Seems everyone loves Alonso

Personally I'd rather Alonso won. Vettel was all over the place earlier in the season, sometimes struggling to even beat his team mate. It was only when the upgrades to the car came along and gave him a distinct advantage that he came back at Alonso in the championship. Can't cheer for a driver only really winning because he was given the best car.
Edit: I should add that I respect Vettel as a driver, although I could do without the finger. But I think he's only the third best guy on the grid, and has only really been exceptional when he has a blown diffuser where he seems to have a speciality of getting more out of that device than many of the others. As all round drivers and racers I think there are at least two drivers ahead of him.

+1. =D>
Sorry for the harsh comment. The real triple world champion is Adrian Newey, not Sebastian Vettel. Almost any better-than-average driver can win world championship in that Red Bull.

[Traction]

Congratulations Sebastian Vettel! You deserve to be THREE TIME WORLD CHAMPION! A great driver makes a great car and a great car allows a great driver to do what drivers are made to do ...win. =D> =D> =D>

[epo]

TRIPLE WORLD CHAMPION! YOUNGEST CHAMPION!!! BEST DRIVER EVER!

[Joie de vivre]

I'm proud of Alonso. =D>

Him and Hamilton, both true Champions!

... and doesn't cheat like Alonso and Ferrari!]

Right ...

[myurr]

What do you mean politics...

So this championships is decided by politics and not fair application of the rules....

If FIA is a bunch of communists yes I agree with you but they should be consistant no matter who it is..

I think ferrari should protest.

Don't forget F1 is basically one big PR exercise. Even Ferrari will end up with bad press if Vettel is stripped of the title now. For the FIA safety won't come into it when it comes to the public image of the sport.

I'd put money on it never being publicly investigated, or if it is on them finding some way for Vettel to get away with it and keep the title.

[Formula one fan]

Wow u Alonso lovers are sore losers!! I think u have to give credit where credit is due. Mark webber has had the exact same car as vettel for the last three years and he hasnt won his first wdc yet.

And until they got the blown exhaust working Webber was beating, or at least matching, Vettel. Seb is just better than Webber at extracting the potential of that single device.

If that's the case then what happen to mark this year? EBD's were not allowed this year.

[myurr]

The stewards said the looked at vettel's overtaking of kobyashi many many times and could find nothing wrong with it. You Alonso fans are something else!!

Source or it didn't happen. Brundle is convinced that Vettel overtook under yellows - so maybe he's just a fanboi too.

[beelsebob]

Wow u Alonso lovers are sore losers!! I think u have to give credit where credit is due. Mark webber has had the exact same car as vettel for the last three years and he hasnt won his first wdc yet.

And until they got the blown exhaust working Webber was beating, or at least matching, Vettel. Seb is just better than Webber at extracting the potential of that single device.

If that's the case then what happen to mark this year? EBD's were not allowed this year.

What happened this year is that Webber was beating Vettel, and then Newey figured out how to get the EBD working well again.