What gave you the idea that the Ferrari was the best car for the 2nd half of 2010? I'm not sure if we were watching the same season. The Red Bull was by far the best car for the whole season when it wasnt breaking down. Fernando in 2012 has done things that we would just never expect from a driver.
The Ferrari a fast car in 2012?
Mclaren, Red Bull, Sauber, Lotus and occasionally the Mercedes and Williams cars have been faster than the Ferrari. Sure they had a fast car for Monza, but thats Monza.. they always put in extra for Monza and it's a really low downforce track completely different to everything else run all year around. Schumacher is only just behind Massa in points, yet Schumacher has had a year of watching his car litterally fall apart from race to race, Massa has low points simply based on lack of speed from himself and the Ferrari. Massa isn't a particularely good driver, but also not a particularely bad driver, looking at the performance of all teams this year it simply points to Alonso being the biggest factor in the success of Ferrari, he is getting the maximum out of almost every situation, no other driver has even come close to this level of consistancy.
I'm not a Ferrari or Alonso fan, I like Mclaren and I'm a Jenson Button/Schumacher fan. Until 2012 I really didn't like Alonso due to his attitude, but for what I have seen him do with his driving over the years, in a car that isn't the fastest... I really respect his skills. Alonso is the best driver in the world at the moment, maybe not the fastest but the best and if you look around there would not be many (if any) people in the F1 paddock that would disagree.
I think he will win the championship, but I hope that he doesn't.