Alonso happy to be ahead of main rivals

Fernando Alonso isn’t too displeased with his sixth position in qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix given who’s ahead of him.

The Ferrari driver and current championship leader starts ahead of all but one of his main title rivals, the exception being Kimi Raikkonen who starts fourth, though is currently under investigation for cutting a corner on his fastest lap.

“I’m happy. 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 [Sebastian] Vettel on pole or [Lewis] Hamilton, so the title contenders they are behind us, only Kimi in fourth position,” he said.

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“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.”

The Spaniard would also be more than happy if Jenson Button, who starts on pole, went on to win the race given his position in the championship.

“It seems Jenson is doing great 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.”