At the start of the race he lost a place to Button and then a strategic error by his team meant that Alonso spent the rest of the race stuck behind Vitaly Petrov, and lost out on world championship honours to Sebastian Vettel.
Ao comezo da carreira perdeu un lugar con Button e logo un erro estratéxico do seu equipo significou que Alonso pasara o resto da carreira atrapado detrás de Vitaly Petrov, perdendo o campionato do mundo en favor de Sebastian Vettel .