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The race is tomorrow, not today.

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PLAY A RECORD KARL COS I'M GUNNA KNOCK YOU OUT!!!

Ferrari qualifies behind Red Bull, McLaren, Lotus, Mercedes, and Force India in the big title decider?
Alonso qualifies 2 posns and 3 tenths behind Massa with his back to the wall?

Think we can safely say Red Bull have this one in the bag.

Maybe Lewis will smash Seb first corner in some sort of strang love in with Nando

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Forgive me, Budweiser clouds my judgement sometimes...

Member of the Lewis Hamilton fan club but yet to receive my customary tin foil hat.

I suppose you might have a point there, just so long as you're not suggesting that Ferrari are innocent of the same charges. +That+ would be laughable.

I am thinking the same thing. Lewis has sounded as though he is desperate for Fernando to be champion, and he's in a great position to help tomorrow!

Also, I was surprised that Massa didn't have an inexplicable, yellow flag inducing crash in Q3 immediately after Fernando set the first lap time. I am sure they considered it but probably decided it wouldn't work.

This thread should not have been created all the little cry baby's who don't like Vettel because of his talent and pure speed will come cry and complain and bi*ch on this thread.

Or level headed, normal people will complain that it's a silly thread as the WDC isn't decided yet and was only ever going to cause a fight.

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I told u,

Contratulations to Vettel WDC 2012, well deserved!

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congratulations !

3 times WDC! Congratulations!

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Renault!

2012 Planet F1 Prediction Competition Champion

YAHOOOOOOOOO! Sebastian got it!

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The end is near

grats vettel!

Well done finger boy!!! Hope Newey magic wears off next year.

Fantastic, the most deserved guy won it.

Great season by Alonso but he cannot feel bad being beaten by someone of Vettel's quality the best driver in Formula One at the moment>

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Murray Walker says this of Vettel "He could well become the greatest of all time".
Sebastian V3ttel - 3 x WDC
2010, 2011, 2012 ....

Congratulations! It's such an amazing achievement
Well done Seb you definitely deserve it

Congrats Seb

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He he he

Ferrari are sore losers !! and they lost !!!

Thats the best part !

Looks like he is set to break Schumis record

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Yeah the best car and half the field moving over for him (TorroRossos and all those Germans).

Congratulations Sebastian Vettel, triple world champion.

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Sebastian Vettel: "I don't praise myself". I am not Fernando Alonso.

Congrats seb ... you are the MAN !!!

Vettel was impressive today with that damaged car, especially in the rain when he was constantly the fastest man on the track. Congrats to him, he simply deserved it!

Congrats to the man, he's proven me wrong, but there are others who will say he did not deserve it.

He did what he was supposed to do and he got it. I'm not a fan of his, but it has to be respected.

Congrats indeed to the elite class of 3x WDCs'.

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Felipe Massa fan/supporter since 2002 and counting!

Protest by ferrari. Crofty said in commentary. so its not done and dusted yet.

just give up ....

Congrats Seb!! Triple world champ!!

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PF1 Pick 10 Competition - 2013 Edition
Best Finish: =2nd Monaco 2011
Current 2013 Championship standing: I don't even want to say... 79th

Congratulations Sebastian Vettel on a fully deserved and earned WDC.

IMO this has been the most complete of all Vettel's WDCs. He has shown his exceptional one lap speed and leading ability with pole to flag victories and he's also raced through the field; he's grasped the opportunities when they presented themselves and kept his head when everything has gone wrong; he drove in the early part of the season to keep amassing points to keep himself in the championship and capitalised when he had the speed.

Overall, I think he and Alonso have had comparable performances this year and in the end that was reflected by the tiny margin between them. Yes Vettel's made mistakes, but there is no driver in history who has gone an entire season without making mistakes and Alonso has had his off-days at times this year as well. Where Red Bull had the qualifying pace, Ferrari had the bulletproof reliability. And as for assistance, well, I don't think it's even worth arguing about.

Congratulations Vettel, also on becoming the youngest ever 3x WDC with a hat-trick of world championships.

I would not put him in the same league as Schumacher, Fangio, Senna, Prost yet because I think that to be regarded there requires demonstrating this level of performance for a longer period of time. But IMO Vettel does fully deserve a place amongst the greats in the sport. However good that car is considered, he has relentlessly performed at the highest level and taken all the opportunities pretty much for three years straight. That is no small feat, which is why a hat-trick of world championships is so incredibly rare. He has also shown an exceptional array of skills in doing that and has done it against a teammate who is no slouch.

It has been a joy and a privilege to witness his evolution and amazing performance and to have seen him enter the sport and go on to reach its highest echelons in such extraordinary fashion. It is rare to see in any discipline.

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Formerly kai_

Spot on

He's getting there...

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Murray Walker says this of Vettel "He could well become the greatest of all time".
Sebastian V3ttel - 3 x WDC
2010, 2011, 2012 ....

I'm not ready to put into words all my thoughts on the season, the championship, the race.....but I just wanna say that I'm glad I never once thought this wouldn't be the outcome. So proud of and inspired by the entire team and the very special young man who added another entry to his page in the book of legends today.

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Congratulations to Seb. He won it the hard way.

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"I am a believer, but I start each Grand Prix with 195 liters of fuel behind me," he explains. "I don't rely entirely on God, I rely on Prost."

gouing to be some sore heads at work tomorrow!

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I'd also like to congratulate IMO a bit of an unsung hero: Vettel's race engineer, Rocky.

Beyond the 'normal' scope of his job this year in particular I think he has talked Vettel through an awful lot, been the pressure release when Vettel's stressed, and dealt with an enormous amount of stress not just when Vettel has had to deal with setbacks but also when Vettel is leading and still setting fastest laps right up until the end.

In general I take my hat off to race engineers. If it had been me on the pitwall for that race I would have taken off my headphones and hidden under the bench in the foetal position.

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Formerly kai_

It was so great to see Rocky interviewed on Sky. I can't remember the last time we heard him speak other than on the radio.

Some of the RBR guys feel like "pals" to me because they are nice enough to make themselves accessible via Twitter - even on subjects outside of F1. The happiness I feel for THEM on days like this is immense, as if a good friend achieved a great goal. I wish Sky had shown us more of the party - I was waiting to see all my "pals" celebrating. Waiting for the BBC forum to be available to me, hopefully they have a bit more.

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I know Seb talks a lot, even when he says its difficult to put things into words, but have a read. Everything he says here is why I am a fan of the driver and the man, and the entire team.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/104593

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He is the most down to earth driver i have ever met, always stops for a chat and a coffee.

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I don't like the man-boy-fingerboy- he won it fair and square

Congrats to Sebastian V. a true deserved triple world Drivers Champion!!!

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Lewis Hamilton - 2008 World Drivers Champion! Mercedes - 10 Grand Prix Victories.

better start making ordering some new cabinets!

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