The points system is:
1st : 25 points
2nd : 18 points
3rd : 15 points
4th : 12 points
5th : 10 points
6th : 8 points
7th : 6 points
8th : 4 points
9th : 2 points
10th : 1 point
With the present system, I would say the race winner, to gain enough points over Alonso, requires Alonso to finish in 6th or lower in multiple races, the Ferrari is mechanically very sound and Alonso rarely crashes and as his previous 2 WDC have shown, he is the ultimate drive for points driver when he is at a car disadvantage.
If a fight back is possible, I can only see it come from the following drivers:
1 Fernando Alonso 164
2 Mark Webber 124
3 Sebastian Vettel 122
4 Lewis Hamilton 117
5 Kimi Räikkönen 116
Lotus and McLaren if smart, would begin concentrating on these two drivers, but we know this is probably not going to be the case for quite a few races yet. Redbull have the problem that both their drivers are up there and would cause quite a storm if they asked Webber to be the no2 when they are both so close in the championship.
Amazing work by Ferrari to turn around a car that was looking to be midfield.
Edited by study, 31 July 2012 - 18:11.