Personally, I thought Alonso was the man of the race today. No one else made their car look as good as the way Alonso made that Renault look good. A car that wasn't all that impressive in pretesting as well as qualifying... A car that should have been struggling against the Williams, Toro Rossos or the Red Bulls, was instead overtaking the McLarens and Ferraris like it was no ones business. He was throwing that car over every curve when even those who were racing conservatively were retiring early.
This seriously answers the question of what would happen if a great driver were pushed back many places into one of the lower order teams. "You'd love them that many times more" would be the answer.