Alonso on the other hand looked fallible in Canada for the first time in a while, his various trips across the grass betraying his double world champion status. Although his eventual seventh place finish had more to do with his controversial penalty for pitting under the safety car, the Spaniard knows he has a lot to prove on one of his least successful tracks if he is to re-establish his superiority in the standings – and in the team…
"Canada was a tough and frustrating race for me, but at least I left Montreal with some points and am in a strong second position in the Championship, which is not won or lost in one race. I am in a good situation in the table, the car is great, it is definitely capable of winning races and I am looking forward to getting back out on track in America and hopefully having no safety cars.
“I have not had very good results in this race in the previous years, it was better last year than in 2005, so I am hoping it will improve again this year! It is always great to go racing at Indy, fans at Indy are fantastic, they are pretty serious about their motor racing and their passion means there is a great atmosphere. I hope we are able to go out there and put on a good race for them.
“Indy is another of the tracks that I want to win at, it is so historic and is a very important circuit in this sport, to have a trophy from there in my collection would be fantastic. There are opportunities to overtake at the Motor Speedway, the main one is probably if you slipstream another car on the start-finish straight, but you need to have a very fast straight line speed to make this work. This is why we have such a low level of downforce."
Renault – Giancarlo Fisichella (#3), Heikki Kovalainen (#4):
Renault were left with mixed emotions following the Canadian Grand Prix after an eventful weekend that saw Giancarlo Fisichella get disqualified but Heikki Kovalainen overcome an abysmal start to the event to cross the line a season-best fourth.
