Fernand Alonso and Lewis Hamilton both appeared to write off their championship chances after Sebastian Vettel won the European Grand Prix.
With Vettel taking his sixth win in eight races he extended his lead over team-mate Mark Webber and McLaren's Jenson Button to 77 points, with Hamilton now 89 points adrift and Alonso 99. That means Vettel could fail to score in any of the next three races and would still be leading the championship regardless, and Alonso said that the focus had shifted from the title to just trying to win races.