Fernando Alonso remains upbeat about chances of beating Sebastian Vettel, despite fortune not favouring Ferrari in qualifying in Austin.
Alonso failed to match team mate Felipe Massa as he struggled for grip, and finished Q3 in ninth place.
He has at least picked up a spot from Romain Grosjean’s penalty, although it puts him onto the dirty side of the track.
“It’s the same as the last race, we were position seven in Abu Dhabi and here we are position eight so it’s more or less the same,” said Alonso. “We will try to recover good places on Sunday, that is normally our strong point.
“I still believe that tomorrow we can score more points than Sebastian. The race is long, anything can happen, and we need to keep confidence and be optimistic because the race pace normally improves a lot.
“If everything goes smooth for Red Bull they should win this and Brazil. Sometimes it doesn’t go smooth for everybody, so we will try to do our race and take benefit of other’s mistakes.”
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