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Acebei de ler o texto de Andrew Benson. E me supreendo em perceber que Lewis e eu estamos do mesmo lado!!! #medoooo rsrs

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Alonso was as impressive in India as he has been all season, aggressive and inch perfect in the opening laps as he fought past both McLaren drivers, and relentless in his pursuit of Webber for second place. 

The fact that the Spaniard passed the Australian was down to a degree of luck, it has to be said. Webber's Kers power-boost system was working only intermittently, and crucially he got held up behind some backmarkers, allowing Alonso to close to within one second - which meant he was within the margin that allows use of the DRS overtaking aid. 

Once there, it took only two laps for Alonso to pass Webber, who without Kers, was defenceless on the long straight against a Ferrari with better straight-line speed anyway, and also employing Kers and DRS. 

Nevertheless, to even keep the Red Bulls honest was quite an achievement by Alonso - no-one else was even close. 

If there is such a thing as a driver 'deserving' the world title more than another, most people in F1 would say Alonso has been the stand-out competitor of the year. 

As Lewis Hamilton put it in India: "Fernando unfortunately doesn't have as quick a car as Sebastian; it's nothing to do with his driving skills, that's for sure." 

F1, though, is not purely a drivers' championship - he has to have a car, and at the moment Alonso is fighting an unequal battle with inferior equipment. 

And in any case, Alonso himself would undoubtedly say that the driver who ends the season with the most points is the deserving champion.

Red Bull are now virtually certain to clinch a third consecutive constructors' title - indeed they seem likely to do so in Abu Dhabi next weekend. For all Vettel's recent domination, though, in purely mathematical terms the drivers' championship remains wide open. 

Thirteen points sounds a decent amount but the margin between Vettel and Alonso is, in F1's old scoring system abandoned only at the end of 2009, the equivalent of less than four points. 

One retirement by Vettel, or a marginal improvement in the performance of Ferrari in the final three races, could tip the balance back in Alonso's favour. 

Time, though, is running out. Alonso said on Sunday that the team did have improvements due in the next three races, and there was a hint in some of the other things he said over the weekend that the team expect them to amount to something more substantial than Ferrari have introduced for a while. 

McLaren sporting director Sam Michael said on Sunday evening: "The performance can swing from one track to the other by a couple of tenths, and that's all there is in it at the moment - 0.2-0.3secs in terms of qualifying. 

"And if you can have that performance, from the front row you have a better chance. So even if no-one upgraded their cars there would still be a reasonable chance that people could have a go at them.

"If Ferrari have a competitive car, then obviously Alonso can still do it." "

In the context of the overpowering brilliance of Red Bull, though, that is a big if.

(Blog Andrew Benson)

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Eu disse isso mais cedo, se tem alguém que merece este título, mais do que todos, pelo que tem feito, é Alonso. Tem de haver justiça!!! Não temos Newey para criar um buraco mágico que nos torne inalcansáveis, mas como disse Sam Michael, se a Ferrari der a ele um carro um pouco mais competitivo, Alonso ainda pode!!!

E fiquei feliz, e aliviada, por ter lido este texto do Benson, porque tudo o que vejo aqui no Brasil é um bando de baba-ovo e que muda de opinião conforme o resultado, pessoas que não conseguem admitir e/ou não tem coragem de dizer com todas as letras que, sim, Alonso merece mais do que qualquer um o título deste ano!

Bjusss, Tati