Justin:
Mark Webber drove beautifully at Silverstone at the weekend. It looked like an Alonso victory for a while, until the last stint where Webber had kept in touch for most of the race and really floored it on the harder tyres as Alonso's softs fell away slightly.
It was a bit of a dull race, with moments of genius including Alonso and Hamilton racing wheel to wheel swapping overtakes for a lap early on, and indeed featuring Alonso and Webber late on in the race when Webber made his decisive move.
Webber has confirmed for 2013 with Red Bull - sensible choice by both parties...logical choice. With that, the driver market silly season has almost ceased before it has begun. Had Webber gone to Ferrari, the seats would have started spinning non-stop. Now though, Lewis has few options other than to stay where he is. Massa is improving in form and I think Ferrari would find it difficult to get rid of a man who has been in the team for years. Schumi at Mercedes is the only question mark....would Lewis be any better off there if Schumi retires? No, is my answer.
The title race is increasingly looking like Alonso vs Red Bull, with Lewis falling away 37 points off the lead.
JB is something like 79 points off top spot now....what a difference a year makes in F1 fortunes.
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