ive seen it now... you guys probably saw it hours ago lol
Go petrov!!!! Lol. Even if Alonso did get past him he would never of got past kubitza and rosberg.
What all this about petrov should of let him past? He had track position. If a two time world champion can't get past a rookie then what makes people think Alonso is good enough to get a third crown? You don't win world championships with people letting you past....
Oh wait Alonso drives for Ferrari, silly me.... Lol
By the way Alonso shook his fist at him when driving past him after the race. It's clear he felt petrov should of gave way...
Ferrari made the mistake bringing Alonso in when they did. They covered webber completely forgetting about vettel. Red bull made the mistake bringing in we her when they did. It did end up comming good in the end though as Ferrari made the same one.
I'm kind of on the same boat as you. I'm disappointed mclaren didn't win but so glad Ferrari didn't. Button had a great start to take Alonso at the first corner
Well done to red bull and vettel though. Everyone was to embroiled in the webber Alonso fight they forgot all about vettel and it played to red bull quite nicely. Will be looking forward to the f1 forum when I get a chance to watch it tomorrow...
It was clearly directed at petrov. He drew along side him straight after the race shaking his fist and looking straight across at him. Petrov put his hands in the air as if to say 'what?'. After taking time to reflect on it I hope Alonso realises he can't blame petrov. At the time he was clearly frustrated with him for not letting him past.
Alonso should be very happy to be second. He should really be third! but let's not get into that again...
Mclaren will be pleased with the way things turned out after securing second place in the constructors. They say they would of liked Hamilton to win but that would of gave Alonso the title so I think they are quite happy with the result as a whole.
I don't think there's that many changes for next year. Not in the top three teams anyway. Let's hope it proves another great year for 2011. Looking forward to prelli replacing bridgestone will create a different challenge as far as tyre choices go.
I think it's safe to say were both glad the other main team didn't win, but equally happy red bull did. Hats of to 'em...!
Fernando Alonso gestured angrily at Russian racer Vitaly Petrov but he might as well have shaken a fist at his own Ferrari bosses after being denied a third Formula One title by a strategic error on Sunday.
The Spaniard was far too much of a team player to do that and Petrov -- a rookie with an uncertain future at Renault -- was a much easier, if unfair, target for merely doing what he was paid to do.
On an evening that started so promisingly for Alonso, but then turned to dust in the desert, Ferrari let the championship slip through their fingers and be picked up instead by Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel.
Alonso had been 15 points clear of 23-year-old Vettel going into the season-ending Abu Dhabi grand prix and ended up seventh, overall runner-up and four points behind Formula One's youngest champion.
The Spaniard, winner of five races this year, sat hunched and sweating in silence at the back of the Ferrari garage as team mates commiserated.
"After the race it is always very easy to see the best strategy. If we didn't stop, Webber would probably overtake us, if we stop, we let Rosberg and Petrov overtake us, very difficult call," he said.
Alonso had been fourth, which would have been enough to take the title even with Vettel winning, but came in for fresh tyres at the end of lap 15 after his closest championship rival Mark Webber pitted in the other Red Bull.
The pitstops put both men back out on track behind several drivers including Renault's Petrov, who had pitted earlier when the safety car was deployed.
PETROV BLOCK
On a track where overtaking is difficult, Alonso was unable to get past Petrov.
"Afterwards it was really clear it was a mistake," said Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali, without saying who had made the call.
"In the good and the bad moments the team has to stay together.
"What I feel inside is a lot of pain...for sure it was the worst race of the year for us and that's why it hits you very hard in the head," said Domenicali.
The team principal said he had not seen Alonso's gesture because he had been talking to the team at that point, trying to raise their spirits.
"There is a great sadness at the moment," he said. "We are Ferrari, which means we are condemned to having to win, so a second place is a defeat. But this is also a part of the sport and we have to accept it."
Petrov said he could understand Alonso's frustration and had not spoken to the Spaniard or Vettel, who might have thanked him for services rendered.
"I think I have nothing to say. I did my race, I can't just let one car pass me. We are racing," he told reporters. "I think he is angry so there is no reason to speak to him right now. I think in his situation I would also be angry.
"I didn't do this for Vettel or want to disturb Fernando's race," he added.
"Of course I could have asked on the radio: 'Please ask my team how much Vettel wants to pay me' and then go to Ferrari and ask the same if I let him through and then we see who offers most money," he joked.
the stupid russian prick should of moved over he had no chance of winning...