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Nigel Roebuck: Fifth Column

"F1, it seems to me, has rarely been in a more spiteful state"

Autosport Magazine Oct 24, 2007, 2:58 PM

Crunch time, then, down to the wire, and every other cliche you can think of. At Interlagos on Sunday Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen will settle the destiny of the 2007 world championship: for the first time in 21 years three drivers are in contention at the final race of the season.

Back in 1986, the deciding grand prix was in Adelaide, and it surpassed all expectations, with the title apparently going the way of Nigel Mansell, then Nelson Piquet, and finally Alain Prost, who, although the best driver in the world at that time, had a McLaren-TAG comfortably outpowered by the Williams-Hondas, and was the least favoured to win the championship.