Alonso's Victory

Frankly, everyone saw it coming.

By winning the Brazilian Grand Prix, and with Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso finishing seventh and second respectively, Kimi Raikkonen had emerged as the winner of this year's Formula One World Championship.

Before the race, Raikkonen was one of three drivers still in the hunt for the title, albeit with the slimmest of chances. The only way for him to win the title is to finish at least second, and hope that Hamilton and Alonso finishing way down the order.

In the end, the results were enough to propel him to the top of the championship, a position he has not taken since the third race of the season, with a single point. Hamilton and Alonso both have 109 points, but Hamilton is classified second due to count back of results.

With two races to go, Hamilton had a 12-point lead on Alonso, and 17-point lead on Raikkonen. All he had to do in the Chinese Grand Prix was to outscore both of them to secure his first title.

But when the team hesitated in bringing him in for a tyre change, he lost the race lead to Raikkonen and, worst still, spun while entering the pit. No points scored.

And before the final race, Hamilton's lead on Alonso and Raikkonen were 4 points and 7 points respectively. But when Alonso decided not to yield on the opening lap, Hamilton had to go off-track, and his excursion dropped him down to eighth. And when his gearbox stopped functioning properly on lap eight, he dropped all the way down to 18th, almost a minute behind the leading duo of Ferrari.

With Felipe Massa leading and Raikkonen in second place, it was not enough to secure Raikkonen's championship. And with all eyes on Ferrari on how to allow Raikkonen to take the lead without violating FIA's ban on team orders, Ferrari showed why it's one of the shrewdest teams in Formula One ever.

Their solution? Bringing in Massa earlier for fuel and let Raikkonen run with extremely low amount of fuel on a clear track. These extra "flying" laps were enough to give Raikkonen a 2-second lead when he rejoined the track after his second pit-stop.

And that was that.

As the Ferrari drivers and Jean Todt were celebrating on the podium, you would be surprised to see who appears to be the happiest guy out there.

Yes, the guy with the biggest smile is one Fernando Alonso Diaz.

Apparently for getting the job done.