But this time it is different and it might be the final chance to battle Vettel for this year's Championship. A fifth place would be enough for him to succeed.
Surprisingly, Alonso started on prime tires in Q3 and did not go for the options during the session. His gap to Vettel's pole is an enormous 1.707 secs. but the option tires become weak within a short time. Let's see where the Spaniard will end with this decision tomorrow. We will report about the race via Twitter as usual.
Massa starts from p4 on the grid, he took the option tires instead.