luck is part of this game +++ always has been just like FOOTBALL luck of the bounce

Alonso is DOUBLE WORLD CHAMP & might be again ~ congratulations

Melted Rubber Post 55 - listen pal, it is you who needs help; actually, on second thoughts, you are way beyond help! what a @#$% moron you are.

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Alonsohole won by default, not by skill. He won because a safety car came out and messed up everyone's pit stops. It wasn't driving skill, it wasn't Renaults car being so fantastic, it was dumb luck. And ANYONE who admits their favorite driver is Alonshole needs to seek professional help. Immediately.

PART 2
One opportunity missed though.. after the race there was some TV speculation over what 'body language' to expect from LH and FA on the podium. LH appeared (maybe) to allow FA his moment of glory in the winners enclosure before entering it himself.. a good move. He then went straight to FA to congratulate him and shake his hand. FA just managed to force a response while taking a drink and looking away. On several other occasions LH made to congratulate FA in what seemed a sincere, non-condescending manner.

PART 1
An entertaining GP (which is what it's all about!). Alonso was certainly lucky but they were going well when they were going, so fair enough. Most people thought 'Good for Vettel' under similar circumstances. I think LH was a little wary of trying to pass DC with a 50/50 manoeuvre, and I don't blame him. Under the circumstances he did the sensible thing.

As my favourite driver, I was elated to see him win on sunday, once again showed us all what an outstanding driver he is. I would love to see him win another world championship, whether it is with Renault or Ferrari, as long as they can provide him with a good car there is no reason for him to leave there as he is happy and driving well.

If Renault can produce a winning car next year I can almost garuntee he will win the championship judging on the performances of this years championship contenders, no matter who wins it I dont think any of them can say they have drove particularly well this season or say they have thoroughly earned it through sheer ability.

Alonso for world champion 2009!!!

Felicidades Fernando,te lo mereces por lo genial y pedazo de conductor que eres.enhorabuena campeon......

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Alonso's first priority is not Renault. His first priority is himself. Too bad he didn't make McLaren his first priority when he was part of that team. I liked him at his first go-around with Renault. But I lost all respect for him when he behaved like he did at McLaren. He's one of Formula One's biggest cry babies. Winning this particular race wasn't really that great of win. The race was such a mess that he kind of won by default. It was one of those races where almost anyone who happened to have the cards fall right for them could have won. He won it. But luck played more of a role in it than skill. I'm not saying there was no skill, just that luck played a bigger than normal role in this race.

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Alonso may be a good F1 driver but his reaction to stiff competition from Hamilton last year has badly damaged his image. He is so self-centred that one doubts his sparing a thought for the safety of his team-mate whom he dubiously benefitted from his mishap. He is probanly only welcome at Renault where he is king.

Obviously Ferrari is choice number 1 for him since until Lewis is gone the McLaren option is not viable in the least. BMW said no or vice versa, and if he goes to Ferrari...stay tuned for the next season of L'Opera di Maranello starring Fernando Alonso as Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa as Rubens Barrichello.

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Boring Hamilton, well done Alonso, least he whines less these days.

As a follow up to my previous post , Yes it does make sense to penalise on the track rather in the wallet if these unsafe releases continue .

Ferrari ought to get rid of that electronic system and revert to a human being with the lollipop. I know humans can make mistakes too, but with 17 or so crew people working on the car, an electronic system might not see everything that is going on as well as a pair of eyes.

Bill Mac post 18 , Massa is the driver and part of the team , and the only way to stop these unsafe pit stops will be to penalise the team . The penalty really is directed to the team not at the driver , because the is no rule on how to penalise the pit crew . By the way Kimi did the same thing and injured his fuel man , but there was no penalty , then Massa gets the unsafe release and is fined 10.000 euros .Now this is the third time the pit crew released the driver in an unsafe manner .The FIA now has no choice but to penalise , since everone thinks they should have been fined , please read the regulations ,in general safety there is no option for a fine only drive thru penalties up to 25 seconds . Why Massa was fined before is beyond me , the only explanation I can see is the FIA turned a blind eye to it .

mauricechlela I though Lewis was in front of Kimi before the SC came out, please explain.

Oh no don't bother to answer you are of course a Ferrari fan and, therefore know nothing about F1.