[Noah930]

I understand your sentiment as Alonso and the Ferrari have not nearly been as dominant season-long as the Red Bulls. RBR have been fast all year.

But Alonso has been able to take a car that hasn't been the fastest, and brought it back to championship contention. It's possibly the best-rounded car out on the field, now. That's part of being a champion, too--developing something the engineers didn't get right the first time, and making the proverbial silk purse out of the sow's ear. He won 3 out of 4 recently (now 3 out of the last 5, which is impressive). He never lost that fighting spirit, even when the championship seemed far out of his grasp about 6 races ago. And his on track performance shows how he can really drive the car better than the average F1 driver. Like Hamilton can and Vettel can, too.

In the end, the driver's championship goes to the guy who amasses the most number of points throughout the season. And (barring Germany--depends how you feel about team orders), if FA is that guy, he's the champion.