With a gain of 16 points in Sunday’s Grand Prix, McLaren secures the WCC with a total of 387 points before the final race in Abu Dhabi next weekend.

Intense season coming to an end

With the final race of the inaugural season fast approaching, we can look back at an intensive season. Since the first race in mid July, every weekend has hosted a new GP, leaving very little time for teams to relax. “No doubt, it’s been a long season, taking it’s toll on us all. I think we’re all looking forward to some well-deserved time off”, says McLaren Assistant Team Principal /u/jeppe96.

“I would like to thank everyone in the team for their contributions this season. We owe every single point we got this season to our regular members of the team. Our race crew in particular has done an amazing job”.

Drivers Championship to be decided in final race

Even though the Constructors Champion has been found, the WDC is still open to both Williams’ Sebastian Vettel and McLaren’s Fernando Alonso.

An excellent write up by /u/lolsokje shows the championship scenarios. In short, anything but a win for Alonso will in all likelihood make Vettel the champion.

Vettel, who’s gained the upper hand through some excellent drives in the last half of the season, is currently 10 points ahead of Alonso.