It raises an interesting point. I heard one of the Australian coaches was reported to have said...words to the effect that every one hates England, days before they played them in the Rugby world cup. He was castigated about the remarks..but in typically blunt Aussie style, replied that 'he was just pointing out the bleedin obvious!!'.

These pages have been full of anti English rants over the last few months. LH and RD have been accused of all manner of crimes. Ecclestone, Mosley...Charlie Whiting, Martin Whitmarsh, and the entire McClaren team it seems have been involved in some dastardly anglo saxon plot to rob Fernando Alonso of the WC he so richly deserves. Not a shred of evidence has been produced...but then..why bother...all those aforementioned are English...guilty as charged.

This weekend when England play SA in th Rugby world cup final. When Hamilton lines up behind Alonso at Interlagos.....there won't be many neutrals. Most of the world will be backing SA and Spain.

Si, Carrick, UK

Forgetting the politics, think the unthinkable....
'is it cos he is black?'

chris, st austell,

I just have one question for Ron Dennis: where was equality in the gestures you made when Alonso went out and when Hamilton did??
I can't believe any more: 'I'll give my two drivers the same options to fight for the championship', and then: 'We were racing Alonso'. Who is 'we'? You, Hamilton and his father?

Please, I'd like to return to see sport in Formula 1.

Maria Gavila, Valencia, Spain

The most disgusting aspect of this year's F1 championship has been the behaviour of the media. It has built up this young man and stirred up the anti feeling among fans. The inaccuracies of the reporting have been shameful.

If people really believe what has been purported to have been said by Lewis and Fernando it is no wonder that there have been such extreme responses.

I hope that the media learns by what it has achieved in splitting a team and the world and behaves better next season. But I do not trust that to happen.

While Fernando was at Renault he frequently behaved like a prima donna..... nothing has changed now.

Alice, Enstone, England

Perhaps all those Alonso fans bleating about favouritism towards Hamilton could explain to me why McLaren would pay millions of dollars for a Double reigning World Champion and then not allow him to win... ridiculous..
Its simple, your boy has been beaten by a rookie this year and neither he or his fans can take it....
Instead of blaming others & throwing tantrums like a spoilt child maybe Alonso should behave a little more like Raikkonen, and stick to fighting it out on the track..

john cook, Enmore, NSW

The worst for hamilton is that feeling of being abandoned to pure fate, against which the favouritism of McLaren and FIA can't do anything

Carlos , Málaga, Spain

James, Edinburgh - Drivers who have fallen out of the race before the end often leave the circuit early. There are good reasons to do so, e.g. you avoid hours of snarled up traffic (assuming you're not Nigel Mansell in your helicopter).

If Kimi & Alonso had broken down/crashed into each other - even on the last lap - you can be sure that McLaren would have had Lewis back on the circuit in a damn sight less time than he took leaving it...

Ade, Wallasey, UK

We have listened to ron dennis saying that they we racing to fernando and they preferred kimi first and hamilton second, it was enpugh. That's equality??? and in Japan and China that tyre pressure was bad??? nobody here speaks about that, that's UNFAIR!!! Alonso champion

P, zgz, spain

I wish my daddy had worked 3 jobs to get me where I wanted to be. All other F1 drivers are the real daddy-boys with all their rich families.

All you bunch of whiners ... F1 is the leading edge of autosport. Why not have the absolute summum in driver-training and preparation too? Alonso will be beaten by the better driver. Better training, better preparation, better team-spirit and a whole lot nicer

Googol, The Hague,

To jonty; This might be a big painful that a poor country like spain, with no industry car, without culture of car riding has the same tittles than UK in the last 30 years. Sorry for that and be lucky in Rio.

Jorge, Vigo, Spain

Alonso will win next GP, Hamilton must learn from him.

Tatuto, London, England

Hamilton leaving Shanghai early shows what a big baby he is.

Did nobody consider that if both Fernando and Kimi had also retired (or finished low enough in or out of the points), Hamilton would have been champion? F1 would then have been left with the PR disaster of having a champion to crown, but no champion!

James, Edinburgh,

I am so disapointed to see the such injustice in F1.It seems to me that now there two sets of rules,one for Hamilton and one for the rest of the drivers,again we will see HAMILTON GET AWAY without any penalty for the fiasco in the sand in China.Are they now going to make it legal that cars can be pushed onto the track iregardless of the danger it imposses
on the people doing the pushing?I now know that vidios don't
matter but this was in clear view,and is the press also asleep
or looking the other way again why is there no out cry from the press for sanctions against hamilton for this stupid manouver

Emma, Cochrane, Canada

I only have one question.
What would have happened if a british driver was competing for the world championship againist a spanish diver and both driving in a spanish team.

I can certainly tell you without a shadow of doubt that the british driver would not be in with a chance at the title in the last race. He would have being out of it ages ago and any truful Spaniard if asked would admit it.

Aaron, Gibraltar, Gibraltar

I do not know about catching up with F1 in Spain. I have been following it for 33 years.

Everyone who has this admiration for Hamilton. He is a good driver when given a car with all the ground work done. I can even say that he is equally good to Alonso (They are 4 points apart). But that is a small percentage of winning a race :) Setup and car development is incredibly important. Even if Hamilton wins this year (I hope not lol) and Alonso leaves, next year we will have a new revised design of the cars without all the driver's electronic aid. So Hamilton will be a quick driver on a poorly setup and designed car. All until he learns and gets some real experience in setup and car development.

If Alonso goes back to Renault... well you will see that car spike again and get podiums and wins.

Francisco, Miami, USA

Arguably the only positive result for F1 this year could be a Lewis Hamilton victory. True, Bernie Ecclestone will be rubbing his hands with glee; but Lewis has proven himself the most consistent driver throughout the year less prone to making mistakes than even his double world champion team-mate. Hamilton has subsequently broken all records and set his own benchmarks of achievement making entry into the F1 circus for other rookies even more possible. Furthermore, he has had to put up with incessant attempts to derail and undermine his entire season. Ferrari seem to be chewing sour grapes that Lewis isn't their young prodigy and Alonso's attitude frankly stinks suffering from the ignominy of being out-driven by his rookie team-mate. Fernando is also a truly great driver, but his temperament and attitude has let him down this season. Imagine selling out your own team! No wonder McClaren haven fallen out of love with their star.signing. Hamilton winning can help forget the controversy!

Eamonn Darcy, Chester, England, U.K.

could anyone enlight about the outrageous tyre pressure detected in Alonso's car (> 5 times), on Q3, both Japan and China?

is this actually right?

if it is, is this a "mistake" that could endanger a driver's safety?

shouldn't a FIA investigation be claimed for (by everyone, particularly the media. Ed, please)?

Gonzalo, Madrid, Spain

Let's put this season into perspective: Lewis Hamilton deserves to win and will win his GP title simply because he is a better driver than Alonso. All through out the season, this gentleman has shown great character and poise both on the track and off. Obvioulsy, F1 is catching on in Spain and as a result, the Press have been quite boisterous since they realized that McLaren's rookie driver demonstrated all the dimensions of a true champion. With all that EGO in his car, Alonso will not be able to keep pace with Lewis.......and when the Samba is over in Brazil, LH will be crowned champion !

Richard, Atlanta, USA

Laura's comments are typical of the Spanish people and press. Totally one-sided and coming from a country that has got no idea about cars and car racing...they accuse Lewis of being big headed, when has a F1 racer/champion not been big headed? Indeed, by comparison (Alonso and Schumacher come to mind) Lewis is relatively normal...

Jonty, Zaragoza, Spain

In your list constructor`s championship, were is mclaren position?

ed, madrid,

Don't forget one thing, all this business-sport is the Bernie Eclestone's Circus. The two past years was a good deal a spanish champion. Now it's great an english one. And in the future you will bet to an asiatic champion (indian, chinese, etc.). There will be the future to the sponsorship of f1.

Angel, Madrid, Spain

It's unbelievable how Fernando Alonso is being treated by McClaren and some UK Press. It's completely disrespectful to say it short. Hamilton has the support and help not only of Dennis, but also of the most powerful men in the Formula 1 and the FIA, and they will do everything for him to win.

What bothers to many of us is that the competition isn't been fair. Hamilton has been clearly benefited. It's clear he is a good pilot, but to prove this he must demonstrate it in the racetrack, not getting privileges and advantages in the offices. What he did in Hungary shows how immature he is, and despite what happened was his blame and he disobeyed the team directions, Alonso was punished!! A scandal!! It is absolutely despicable the campaign that McClaren, Dennis, Hamilton and his dad, and the UK and German Press are doing against Alonso.

I do expect that Alonso win his third title and this may be the reward he deserves after bearing so many insults and mistreament.Go Fernando!

Laura, Madrid, Spain

I want Lewis to secure amd win the championship yesterday and not suffer another 2weeks of uncertainty of the outcome! This has been the taste of modern, shall I say, racing of late, with results not known till later....

Yesterday non finishes of Lewis,being a racer to win, might be bad for him. A tremendous racer without championship. A F1 driver once say that a great racer is someone who win at the slowest. I guess Lewis and the Maclaren team need to learn from him. I was agonised to see Lewis fight Kimi off with bad tyre when all Lewis requires to finish the job is 4th placing yesterday but they blew it!

Chris, cSingapore, Singapore

Yes, go Fernando - back to Renault... Whatever you may think, Lewis has beaten Alonso in the same car. Lewis may have behaved immaturely in Hungary but Fernando has behaved immaturely all year!!

Damon, Exeter, Devon, England

You can have all the support and sympathy in any sport but if
you dont perform then that will help very little Lewis have all the qualities and regardless what benefits he enjoys he is a good driver that shows results so all those anti Lewis fans pull yourself towards yourself you have come to a rude awakening the man is good and thats it even if he loses he will loose with respect / but he will win with dignity.

Laurel Andrews
South Africa

Laurel Andrews, Cape Town, South Africa

Probably the championship will be won by the pole's driver on the next race.

Sotek, Spain,

Well there were cheers in our house and we don't live in Southern Europe, we are British. Go for it Kimi, you're bad luck could be changing!

Debbie, Chesterfield, United Kingdom