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With five races still to run in 2010, there are still five drivers in the running to be World champion.
"I wouldn't want to call it," said team boss Martin Whitmarsh, whose McLaren drivers Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button are each a contender.
Also among the gang of five within a margin of a single race victory of Mark Webber's lead are his Red Bull team mate Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso.
"I think that, of the five, it will be a duel between Vettel and Webber," pundit and ex-F1 driver and triple World champion Niki Lauda told Bild newspaper. "They have the edge because their packages are the best overall."
'Podium compulsory'
Indeed, Ferrari came close to writing off Alonso's chances before the Italian team travelled from its Maranello base to Monza and won.
The Spaniard agreed that he was still in the running -- but only just. "It will be almost compulsory now to be on the podium in each race," Alonso was quoted as saying by the Spanish news media. "I don't know how many points I have but I know I'm 21 behind the leader."
His car was the fastest on the long straights of Monza but team boss Stefano Domenicali was not expecting a repeat in Singapre this weekend. "Singapore is a track where Red Bull will return to its usual levels, McLaren will be strong and it will be a harder fight than at Monza," he was reported as saying by La Gazzetta dello Sport.
'Red Bull good everywhere'
But the Italian acknowledged: "The truth is I think nobody really understands what's happening this year, in the sense that things happen differently at each race compared to what is said beforehand."
Brazilian commentator Lito Cavalcanti surmised: "The Red Bull is good everywhere, but the cars of the rivals are very strong only sometimes."
Vettel thought the Red Bulls would be strong under the Singapore lights, telling Bild am Sonntag newspaper: "Advantage Red Bull, disadvantage McLaren."
Whitmarsh didn't see it quite like that: "What I hear is people saying we'll be strong here or weak there; I don't know how they work that out."
"I wouldn't want to call it," said team boss Martin Whitmarsh, whose McLaren drivers Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button are each a contender.
Also among the gang of five within a margin of a single race victory of Mark Webber's lead are his Red Bull team mate Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso.
"I think that, of the five, it will be a duel between Vettel and Webber," pundit and ex-F1 driver and triple World champion Niki Lauda told Bild newspaper. "They have the edge because their packages are the best overall."
'Podium compulsory'
Indeed, Ferrari came close to writing off Alonso's chances before the Italian team travelled from its Maranello base to Monza and won.
The Spaniard agreed that he was still in the running -- but only just. "It will be almost compulsory now to be on the podium in each race," Alonso was quoted as saying by the Spanish news media. "I don't know how many points I have but I know I'm 21 behind the leader."
His car was the fastest on the long straights of Monza but team boss Stefano Domenicali was not expecting a repeat in Singapre this weekend. "Singapore is a track where Red Bull will return to its usual levels, McLaren will be strong and it will be a harder fight than at Monza," he was reported as saying by La Gazzetta dello Sport.
'Red Bull good everywhere'
But the Italian acknowledged: "The truth is I think nobody really understands what's happening this year, in the sense that things happen differently at each race compared to what is said beforehand."
Brazilian commentator Lito Cavalcanti surmised: "The Red Bull is good everywhere, but the cars of the rivals are very strong only sometimes."
Vettel thought the Red Bulls would be strong under the Singapore lights, telling Bild am Sonntag newspaper: "Advantage Red Bull, disadvantage McLaren."
Whitmarsh didn't see it quite like that: "What I hear is people saying we'll be strong here or weak there; I don't know how they work that out."