Fernando Alonso: “It seems Jenson is doing great in this race…”

Fernando Alonso says he’s happy to be sixth on the grid in Belgium, given that most of his key title rivals are behind, apart from Kimi Raikkonen.

The Spaniard pointed out that sixth has been his usual place over the course of the season.

“I’m happy,” he said. “I think sixth is more or less our position in the whole championship, I think 6.3 or something like that average. So no surprises again. The only good thing for us today is it’s not Vettel on pole or it’s not Hamilton on pole, so the title contenders they are behind us, only Kimi in fourth position.

“So it has been a good Saturday, but we need to finish this job. Obviously for us from a championship point of view if we finish like this, it will be great.”

Alonso said he didn’t underestimate his main title rivals, but added that a Button win would be good for him.

“They will be strong in the race, but it seems Jenson is doing great in this race, and if we cannot win obviously it’s better if someone that’s a little bit more far behind wins, and Jenson is quite a strong candidate tomorrow.”