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It must have been a shocking moment at Ferrari HQ. Um... Mr, di Montezuma, Sir...? This had better be good news, or you'll be swimming with the fishes. Oh. Right. Well, I just thought I ought to point out that we... I don't really know how to put this... we... haven't done anything spectacularly stupid this year. What?! But we complained about bits of the Red Bull car being too flexible! Yes, Sir, but... well, that was quite reasonable, wasn't it? What about cutting the engine seal on the little monkey-fella's car so the Golden One could move one place up the grid? Surely that counts! Not really Sir - legitimate tactics. Getting whipping-boy to move out of the way at every possible opportunity? Again, tactics. A bit unplesant maybe, but not stupid per se. Hmmm. Hang on... why don't we try and get the championship overturned with some daft complaint about a barely noticeable flag incident at the final race, that even the stewards found too ...

I’m guessing a lot of us had a wish-list heading into the last race of the season. With Seb 13 points ahead, it probably involved rain, a shunt/spin that dropped Vettel down the order, a great race by Alonso, some more rain, crashes, more rain and whole heap of tension. Maybe with a British winner. And some rain. Don’t expect much for Christmas – it looks like all our wishes came true early, in a breathtaking race to finish off a pretty stunning year. Qualifying took place on a drying track, with Grosjean dropping out in Q1 after a dopey tangle with Karthikeyan, and Hamilton grabbing pole from Button. The title protagonists were 4th (Seb) and 8th (Nando) respectively, each with their team-mate outqualifying them. The Gods of F1 luck smiled on Fernando again, as 8th became 7th after Maldonad’oh got a penalty for (you’ll like this) failing to go to the weighbridge – this isn’t a penalty in itself, but it does get you a reprimand. Enough reprimands and you get a penalty. D’oh. ...

Is it safe to look now? Wowzers - I haven't been that excited since seeing Sheena Easton live. Crap... did I just type that? Erm... I meant... AC/DC. Yeah. *cough* Anyway... what a race! A thriller from start to finish, and it could have been such a different outcome. If Vettel had gained a puncture in that tangle, we'd probably be looking at Alonso as World Champion instead. Congratulations to Jenson for again keeping it cool to take the win. Phew - I need to go for a lie-down in a darkened room. But first, you'll be wanting to know the Fantasy Formula 1 race results...   RACE RESULT     Position Name Points 1 Kristin 81 2 Ollie C 76 3 Olie B 75 4 Andy 74 =5 Cally 68 =5 Claire 68 =7 Stephen H 67 =7 Martin...