Phil: The link my co-blogger has shared offers a detailed, balanced analysis of what actually happened at Valencia. There are only two points I'd add: firstly, it's far from guaranteed that Alonso as undisputed team leader at McLaren would have won two further world titles to add to the two he already has (presumably 2007, when he narrowly lost to Raikkonen, and 2008, when Massa narrowly lost to Hamilton; McLaren were off the pace of Brawn and Red Bull in 2009).
Secondly, Alonso's Achilles heel in my view is what his fans, including my co-blogger, might call his Latin passion and fire, and everyone else would probably call his hot-headedness. He has a tendency to make a lot of noise and act as if he's been cheated when things don't go his way: consider his comment in 2006, that has been quoted a lot lately, that F1 is no longer a sport (he went on to win the world title that year). This also shows his lack of perspective where the rules are concerned: Alonso and Ferrari have called for Hamilton's punishment for overtaking the safety car to be proportionate, yet a proportionate punishment for Singapore 2008, when he would not have won the race had others in his team not cheated in the most shameless way possible, would have been disqualification at the very least.
This time next week, the trucks will be rolling up the M40 ready for Silverstone....
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