By Jay
August 9 2010

Fernando Alonso believes that being an ex-champion, he along with the two Mclaren drivers has an edge over their Red Bull rivals, who haven't won a championship so far.

With the battle for the championship getting closer and closer with every passing GP, Alonso says that at this crunch moment, their past experience of winning would be decisive.

“It’s hard to say who is my strongest rival: we are all almost equal,” he was quoted on the Ferrari's website.

"Maybe, Hamilton, Button and myself, who have already won a title, will tackle the final rush in a calmer way, having already experienced something similar."

“Percentage chance [for him]? I’d say 50%, which is the normal state of affairs…”

He sounded confident that if Ferrari keep up the developments, they would be closing the gap to the leaders by the final races.

“It only took us two normal races to be fully back in contention for the title,” Alonso said.

“It’s true we are still behind in the classification and it is always better to be in front, but I am convinced that in the final sprint, by which I mean the last two or three races, we will be closer to the top than we are now.

“The important thing is to remain calm and concentrated and to do our job well.”

Speaking on the summer break, he said, it is difficult to completely switch off one's thought from racing in the next two weeks.

“It won’t be possible to switch off my mind completely over these two weeks: I will try and relax and do a bit of sport, but at least once a day, maybe just for 10 minutes, I will inevitably think about the next race in Belgium,” he admitted.