'%20x='0'%20y='0'%20height='100%25'%20width='100%25'%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20xlink%3Ahref='data:image/jpg;base64,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'%3E%3C/image%3E%3C/svg%3E)
#9 Fernando Alonso on Mark Webber and Felipe Massa (Brazil 2012)
Another double overtake, but this time, both passes were for position.
Fernando Alonso needed to finish on the podium for the final race of 2012 to have any chance of winning the driver’s title that year and becoming a triple world champion in the process. In all honesty, this seemed unlikely as Sebastian Vettel only needed to finish 4th to make it a third title in a row for the German, no matter what Alonso did.
However, Vettel got caught up in a first-lap incident and dropped to the back of the grid, sustaining damage to his Red Bull, although he was able to continue. The Ferrari man now had a great chance to win an unlikely title.
Going into Turn 1 on the second lap, Alonso had to get by his team-mate Felipe Massa and Mark Webber to move into the top 3 and a championship position. It was vital to get by Webber, as he was Vettel's teammate and would, therefore, do everything he could to hold up Fernando and back him into Vettel.
The pressure was on; this was a make or break moment and Alonso delivered.
He stunningly out-braked both Massa and Webber to slip down the inside and begin chasing after the leading McLarens.
Like most of his career, though, this was a case of "what could've been" as Alonso would go on to finish second, which would've been enough for the title, had it not been for Vettel producing an incredible comeback drive to cross the line in sixth.
