The Australian finished behind Alonso after a lacklustre end to a season in which, at 34, he probably had his only realistic glimpse of the title.
The movie offers a realistic glimpse of the sport in its early days when the balls were heavier and made of thick leather.
Unlike past years, when automakers tried to capture imaginations with gimmicks, futuristic amenities and audacious styling, this year's lineup is a more realistic glimpse of the kinds of models that might start rolling off assembly lines within a few years.
But "Veep," which is in the running for four Emmy Awards this Sunday, including one for best comedy, manages to repurpose politics as lowbrow farce, and offers perhaps the most realistic glimpse at the banal tasks, humdrum days and outsize egos that make up the daily lives of the city's political staff members: largely powerless people doing... things.
Suggesting his blunt responses at Wembley were a more realistic glimpse into his personality than the reaction of a manager feeling the heat, he said: "First of all, I'm not a calm person and have never been a calm person.
All three are harshly realistic, furiously histrionic glimpses into the harrowing lives of troubled people living in a variety of group homes — a mental-health facility, a home for pregnant teen-agers, a self-regulated rehab house.
These authors caution marketers to avoid the pitfalls of idealizing youth while avoiding realistic (but nevertheless aspirational) glimpses of middle-aged beauty.
Mr. Kelly had stronger company: Sunshine Anderson, who harks back to the steady chug of 1970's Memphis soul for tough-minded, gorgeously belted songs about troubled liaisons, and Syleena Johnson, whose 15-minute segment with recorded music provided too brief a glimpse of another realistic, soulful singer.
Nor did we glimpse the hardly more realistic world of Alec Guinness as George Smiley, gazing morosely in the general direction of the Berlin Wall.
Despite its questionable taste and the inclusion of a grimly realistic orgy scene and a brief glimpse of hardcore penetration, it has since made it on to the Danish Ministry of Culture's canon of great Danish films.
