Post 300, 2012 United States Grand Prix Review, Hamilton wins, Vettel three points better off and Brazilian Grand Prix predictions

This is post 300 on my blog, that's my little celebration on this blog. So 2012, United States Grand Prix review of round nineteen of the F1 season at Circuit of the Americas near Austin, Texas, and predictions for this weekends Brazilian Grand Prix.

Good points

• McLaren (Lewis Hamilton wins; Jenson Button finished 5th)
• Red Bull (Sebastian Vettel finished 2nd, which means Red Bull are F1 constructors champions for the third time in a row)
• Ferrari (Fernando Alonso finished 3rd; Felipe Massa finished 4th, despite starting from 11th from a five grid penalty due to gearbox change to help Fernando Alonso up the grid more)
• Lotus F1 Team (Kimi Räikkonen finished 6th; Romain Grosjean finished 7th)
• Nico Hülkenberg (finished 8th)
• Williams (Pastor Maldonado finished 9th; Bruno Senna finished 10th)
• Vitaly Petrov (finished 17th, ahead of Heikki Kovalainen, the two Marussias' the two HRTs')

Bad points

• Sergio Perez (finished 11th, outside of the points on his nearly home grand prix)
• Mercedes AMG (Nico Rosberg finished 13th; Michael Schumacher finished 16th)
• Paul di Resta (finished 15th)
• Jean-Éric Vergne (DNF, suspension damage)
• Mark Webber (DNF, alternator)

This race was a race of cat and mouse, cat being Lewis Hamilton and the mouse being Sebastian Vettel. Vettel leading the race for 41 laps. Until lap 42 were Hamilton took the lead from Vettel. And took Lewis Hamilton to his forth race win of the season and possibly his last race win for McLaren. With next season Lewis Hamilton moving over to Mercedes to race.

Sebastian Vettel finished in second place and Fernando Alonso finished third at the end of the race, ahead of Ferrari team-mate Felipe Massa. Which, extends Vettel the lead of the F1 driver championship by 13 points ahead of Fernando Alonso with only a race to go. Sebastian Vettel will only need a top four result if Fernando Alonso wins the race to be world champion for a third time in a row. Fernando Alonso needs at least a top three result if Sebastian Vettel doesn't finish in the top 10 to be world champion for a third time in his career.

While in the constructor's championship, Red Bull won the F1 constructors champions for the third time in a row at Austin with a race to spare. So Congratulations to Red Bull for winning the constructors championship for a third time in a row.

And so this weekend is the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos outskirts of São Paulo for the final round of the season. This race will decide the winner of the 2012 F1 world drivers championship. And before I start I got the predictions right for once again last time out for the top three. 

So predictions for the race: Sebastian Vettel for the win and for the F1 world drivers championship as-well in the Red Bull, ahead of team-mate Mark Webber in the other Red Bull. while Fernando Alonso will finished in third in the Ferrari. Don't forget the two McLaren drivers, Felipe Massa, the two Lotus drivers and Pastor Maldonado either for a podium as-well.

A great race and a great return of Formula 1 back in the USA.

End of blog for now, new post soon, bye.