Looking back at the Red Bull pace in Valencia, Tony Dodgins thinks it spells the end of 2012's wide-open season. He contemplates the implications for the rest of the field and Lewis Hamilton in particular

Stefano Domenicali was a happy man on Sunday night in Valencia, even before the football kicked off.

The Ferrari team principal had loved Fernando Alonso's drive – the early aggression needed to make their strategy work, the move on Grosjean, everything.

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