Alonso said at the race this weekend after qualifying, “it doesn’t make a big difference for the championship, winning here, just the difference between 10 or 8 points, but psychologically it’s a big win”.

The thing with this kind of statement is that it just shows how much he doesn’t really think that anyone but Michael is racing against him. If you ask him a straight question then he always tries to dilute the competition by talking McClaren and Honda but this kind of answer lets you know the real truth I think. Alonso doesn’t really think that there is any one else in the competition.