The hardest race of my whole life - Alonso
An amazing drive from Fernando Alonso with gearbox issues ended when his engine blew up one lap before the end of the race. Due to his retirement, Alonso drops back to second place in the Championship behind team mate Felipe Massa.
After the race, Fernando Alonso said to Spanish television: "From the start things went wrong. On the formation lap my gearbox broke and I had no clutch during the race, so I had to brake in a weird way.
"I had to first gear down and then push the throttle hard so it would engage the gear for that corner.
"So it was probably the hardest race of my whole life in terms of driving, because I had to improvise for every corner. But even so we were going to get a few points, which in the end was not possible because of the engine.
"But if the gearbox and then the engine are going to break, it's better than in happens when you are ninth than when you are leading and you lose 25 points.
"A tough weekend. Sometimes it's us, sometimes it's other. You have to take the opportunities."
