Fernando Alonso has said that Ferrari should be proud of their season regardless of whether he wins the drivers' title later today.
The Spaniard must overturn a 13-point deficit to Sebastian Vettel to win his third world championship.
The 31-year-old told Autosport: "If I had done a standard championship then I would have something like 110 points now, and I would have said goodbye to the championship around Hungary or Singapore.
"I would then have done the last races with no pressure like last year, when I was not fighting for anything.
"Probably for the fans it will be a big joy or a big disappointment and it's understandable, but for us it has to be a prize if we achieve it and if we don't then we should be proud of having done our job in the best possible way."
Ferrari also sit second in the constructors' championship, 14 points ahead of McLaren.
The final race of the season, the Brazilian Grand Prix, gets underway at 4pm.
Sian Cowper
