If we would look at the race in Abu Dhabi without the World Chamionship battle (kind of impossible, isn't it?) then it would've been a pretty boring race. One overtaking at the start, a big crash and a pit strategy that didn't work out.
Of course, as this was not the case, it was a bit of nail-biting.
Where most of the pundits put their money on Alonso, as he only had to stay in the race, it seemed, it would not work out like that. The gamble Ferrari made looked to be correct at the time. The times at the front were dropping and new hard compound tyres seemed a safe bet. Ferrari overlooked Rosberg and more importantly Petrov. To put it with a German commentator's words: "He didn't screw up this weekend, quite a remarkable feat"
And so Vettel became the youngest ever and only Germany's second Formula 1 Driver's World Champion. And to think he only lead the Championship standings once. At the end of the last race.
