A Red Dawn


Above: Kimi Celebrating his win and the Championship


Ferrari has captured both F1 crowns this season after Kimi Raikkonen won the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday to capture the Formula One title in the tightest race for the championship in 21 years. The Ferrari driver rallied from third place in the points standings for his first F1 crown, taking advantage of Lewis Hamilton's mistake on the first lap and Fernando Alonso's disappointing run.

Raikkonen grabbed the lead with 17 laps to go and was followed by teammate Felipe Massa. Alonso, Hamilton's McLaren team mate, finished third. Hamilton came into the race leading the point’s standings and needed a top-two finish to become the first rookie to win the title and F1's youngest champion. He went off the track on the first lap and later had car problems to finish seventh. Alonso, second in the standings coming in, would have had to have finished second and Hamilton fifth to keep Raikkonen from winning the championship after his victory. Raikkonen erased a seven-point gap coming into the race to finish with 110 points, one more than Hamilton and Alonso.

Alonso was trying to become only the third driver to win three consecutive titles in the history of F1, along with Juan Manuel Fangio and Michael Schumacher.

It was the first time since 1986 that three drivers reached the final race in contention for the title. It hadn't happened since Alain Prost edged Nigel Mansell and Nelson Piquet to win that year's championship.

The season the first without the great Michael Schumacher was marred by a spying scandal that led to a record $100 million fine for McLaren, which was found guilty of using leaked data from Ferrari. The British team was kicked out of the manufacturers' championship, which was easily clinched by Ferrari. There was also a heated internal dispute in the McLaren team, with Hamilton and Alonso trading accusations most of the season.

The controversy led to speculation that Alonso would leave McLaren next season. Renault, the Spaniard's team when he won the last two championships, said it would welcome his return, and even Ferrari was thrown into the mix.

This Title is Kimi Raikkonenen’s first formula One Championship and the first one Ferrari has won since Schumacher’s triumph two years ago

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