- Raikkonen - despite being Mr Personality-Bypass, a great driver and a worthy champion. Never gave up, kept plugging away, and once Ferrari got their act together, was always going to be there or thereabouts.
- Hamilton - shame we couldn't have had our fairy-tale ending, but the irony is that all season we have been praising him for showing maturity well beyond his years, yet in the end it was immaturity that was his downfall. His decision in China to try and race Raikkonen when there was no need was a major factor in him getting no points there, and you would have thought he would have learned from that, but in Brazil he made a similar error in trying to prevent Alonso overtaking him, and losing several places as a result. After all, he knew that all he needed to do was finish in the first five, and no more than one place behind Alonso, so he could, and should, have just let him go and tucked in behind him. By doing what he did, even discounting the mechanical problems he had later, he pretty well threw his chances away. Ah well - there's always next year.
- Alonso - the major disappointment of the season. If only half of what has been reported is true, he needs to take a cold, hard look at himself, and perhaps accept that, talented though he may be, he is not the Formula 1 God he thinks he is.
I also think the FIA need to bang a few heads together, and perhaps look at their rules. It does seem wrong that the personal actions of an aggrieved employee can have such far-reaching consequences for the sport.
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