The creator of this question added the clear cut nominees at this position: Peyton, Brady, and Rodgers, but left out one important one: Matt Ryan, the leader in win probability added of any player this season.

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Which meant that Alonso had his work cut out for him after a mediocre qualifying session put him ninth on the grid for the race with Vettel in pole position.

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