Great win for Hamilton today, looks like he could be the one to help Button win it after all

The simple maths is this, Vettel needs a miracle to win it and if Barrichello fails to finish in Japan next week, then all Button needs is 4th or better to become world champion.

DRIVERS STANDINGS WITH 3 RACES LEFT

1. Jenson Button ........ 84
2. Rubens Barrichello ........ 69
3. Sebastian Vettel ........ 59
4. Mark Webber ........ 51.5
5. Kimi Raikkonen ........ 40
6. Lewis Hamilton ........ 37
7. Nico Rosberg ........ 30.5
8. Fernando Alonso ........ 26
9. Timo Glock ........ 24
10. Jarno Trulli ........ 22.5
=11. Felipe Massa ........ 22
=11. Heikki Kovalainen ........ 22
13. Nick Heidfeld ........ 12
14. Robert Kubica ........ 9
15. Giancarlo Fisichella ........ 8
16. Adrian Sutil ........ 5
17. Sebastien Buemi ........ 3
18. Sebastien Bourdais ........ 2
------- YET TO SCORE ----------------
Kazuki Nakajima, Vitantonio Liuzzi, Romain Grosjean, Jaime Alguersuari, Nelson Piquet Jr, Luca Badoer

RACES LEFT

October 4th - Japanese GP - Suzuka
October 18th - Brazilian GP - Interlagos
November 1st - Abu Dhabi GP - Yas Marina

Here's the grid for tomorrow morning's race, it is provisional though as Alonso, Rosberg and Kubica have protested to the FIA about the times set in Q2 by as many as 8 drivers as they all set their times runnign through a yellow flag zone, also Glock could pull out after suffering a leg wound in a nasty crash in Q2

ROW 1: 1st Vettel, 2nd Trulli
ROW 2: 3rd Hamilton, 4th Sutil
ROW 3: 5th Barrichello, 6th Heidfeld
ROW 4: 7th Button, 8th, Raikkonen
ROW 5: 9th Kovalainen, 10th Buemi
ROW 6: 11th Rosberg, 12th Alonso
ROW 7: 13th Kubica, 14th Glock
ROW 8: 15th Alguersuari, 16th Fisichella
ROW 9: 17th Nakajima, 18th Grosjean
ROW 10: 19th Liuzzi

DNQ: Webber

And it has proved to be the case. Button, Barrichello, Sutil, Alonso and Buemi all get knocked down 5 places on the grid for setting fast laps under yellow flags, with the exception of Buemi who got his penalty for dangerous driving

Also Kovalainen has had to take a gearbox change after his crash so thats another 5 place penalty

REVISED GRID

ROW 1: 1st Vettel, 2nd Trulli
ROW 2: 3rd Hamilton, 4th Heidfeld
ROW 3: 5th Raikkonen, 6th Rosberg
ROW 4: 7th Kubica, 8th, Sutil
ROW 5: 9th Barrichello, 10th Glock*
ROW 6: 11th Kovalainen, 12th Button
ROW 7: 13th Alguersuari, 14th Fisichella
ROW 8: 15th Buemi, 16th Nakajima
ROW 9: 17th Alonso, 18th Grosjean
ROW 10: 19th Liuzzi
DNQ: Webber

* Dependent on fitness