It is a huge tactical error to allow Webber to be 8 points behind Alonso when it could have been only 1 point.
Vettel can only win if [for example] Webber and Alonso take each other out, so it would have made no difference to that senario if he finished behind Webber in Brazil. RedBull have to finish 1st and 2nd to ensure the title - a big ask.
Much as I would like Mark to win, I really don't have a problem with any of the 3, but what does piss me off is how the FiA dealt with the Ferrari race fixing scandal earlier in the season. A $100K fine is nothing - that is only $14285.00 per point. They should have penalised the team by scraping the extra points they earned. Those extra 7 point Fernano gained are looking like a pretty good investment.
Much as I would like the sport to be a straight race with no team orders, and perhaps RedBull should be congratulated for their stance, historically is is anything but. If Alonso wins it will be tainted… though not as much as last years win in Singapore.
Fingers crossed… for Mark, but hear are all the possible senarios:
F1 scoring system:
If Alonso wins or comes second, the Spaniard wins his third drivers' championship.
If Webber wins, he goes to 263 points and will win the championship if Alonso finishes third or worse.
If Webber comes second, he goes to 256 points and will win the championship if Alonso finishes sixth or worse and Vettel finishes third.
If Webber comes third, he would be on 253 points and need Alonso to finish no higher than seventh and Vettel to finish no higher than second.
If Vettel wins, the German goes to 256 points. If Webber were to come second to Vettel, the pair would be tied on 256 points. If Alonso finished sixth or worse then the world championship would go to Vettel because he would have five grand prix wins to Webber's four. If Alonso finished third or fourth he would take the championship with 261 or 258 points respectively. But if Alonso were to finish fifth he would also be locked on 256 points with Webber and Vettel. In that scenario, Vettel and Alonso, with five grand prix wins each, would battle it out on countback to see who had the higher number of superior race results.
If Alonso and Vettel were to finish outside the top 10 and record no points, Webber could claim the championship by finishing as poorly as fifth.
If Alonso fails to score points, Webber finishes no better than 6th and Vettel no better than third, then McLaren's Lewis Hamilton could claim the title with a 25-point win to put him on 247 points.
In the case of a dead heat for a championship place, the driver with the higher number of superior race results will be awarded the place.
