Alonso confident of F1 title

Fernando Alonso is confident his waning championship charge will not be further impeded by running through his allocation of engines.

This weekend's Monza F1 GP is among the toughest on engines and at Spa-Francorchamps two weeks ago the new Ferrari V8 in Pedro de la Rosa's Sauber had to be replaced.

The unscheduled change tipped the Spaniard over his allocation of eight engines for the season and a grid penalty was the result.

A look at the allocations of F1's other cars at Spa showed that while most drivers are now on their fifth engine Ferrari's Alonso and Felipe Massa have used six.

"I see no reason to worry," team boss Stefano Domenicali said before leaving Belgium.

And Spaniard Alonso later told GPWeek: "We are confident. The plan of the engines is well in control at the moment.  Fingers crossed, everything stays like this, and we know the programme for all the remaining races.

"It should be enough with the engines we have. If everything goes normal there is no problem."

A bigger headache for the Italian team is that, with Alonso more than 40 points behind with six races left, the F10 seemed to take a competitive step backwards at Spa-Francorchamps two weeks ago.

"Monza will be a very important race, because the championship is not looking so easy for us," admitted the Spaniard's team mate Felipe Massa.