Brundle believes Alonso can win third title in 2009

Former F1 driver Martin Brundle expects double World Champion Fernando Alonso to shine in 2009. The Renault F1 Team's R29 proved not to be the fastest car on the grid during winter testing, but according to Brundle its pace has been very consistent.

Brundle said to the 'BBC': "Renault seem quite perky and, as ugly as the R29 looks, it appears to have solid pace. Renault - and Red Bull, who are also powered by Renault - will have 0.2 seconds per lap improvement relative to their rivals because they were allowed to modify their engine over the winter.

"They demonstrated that they were running with less power last season because they had interpreted the development freeze more literally. The upshot was the other teams agreed they could upgrade their 2009 engine.

"Whether Alonso has got a car capable of winning the world championship I don't know, but he seems confident that he has. If he's right then he has all the other ingredients needed to win third world title."

Brundle is confident that Alonso can win his third title as he believes the Spaniard has no weaknesses behind the wheel of a F1 car. "I don't see many weaknesses in Alonso when he is behind the wheel, he has the full deck of cards," Brundle added. "Right now the 27-year-old is the most complete F1 driver out there in my view. He is in the Michael Schumacher and Alain Prost mould and they won 11 titles between them."