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German GP Facts, Stats & Memoirs

What needs to happen for Fernando Alonso to lose his grip on the Championship? What happened 21 years ago this week? And who celebrated his final victory eight years ago at the German Grand Prix? Marcel Schot brings the answers and more anecdotes on the twelfth round of 2005

With 18 points, Fernando Alonso has come out of the France-Britain double header the clear winner and Championship favourite. With 77 points, and a 26 point lead over rival Kimi Raikkonen, the Spaniard's odds to win the title are very good indeed. Just eight races remain in the season, and simply beating Alonso each time will not be enough for Raikkonen. Eight victories will put the Finn on 131 points, whereas eight second places will give Alonso 141.

We have reached the phase in the Championship where the competition needs Alonso to fail in order to make any chance for the other drivers whatsoever. The only driver to ever overcome a deficit of more than 26 points to win the Championship was James Hunt in 1976, and that took a near fatal accident of the man leading him, Niki Lauda.

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