Let's be fair gentlemen. Alonso only needed 1 point or for MS not to finish first. If you were in his position, you would doubtless adopt a conservative approach too to eliminate any risk of not getting the title due to car failure or accident. The only risk Alonso faced yesterday (which he couldn't eliminate) was if his team messed up any tyre changes or fuel refills etc.

He didn't have to drive out of his skin yesterday - the hard work had already been done in the 18 previous races. It's a cumulative effort - not a 'do or die' endeavour where you have to risk all every race.