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Win gives Alonso optimism for the title

Fernando Alonso said he won the Chinese Grand Prix with pace in hand after taking the chequered flag 10.1s ahead of his nearest rival Kimi Raikkonen, giving him optimism for his title fight this year. Alonso made a strong start and passed Hamilton for the lead on lap five using DRS. From that point onwards he used the strength of the Ferrari over long stints to ease ahead of his rivals and by the time the varying strategies worked out he was comfortably in the lead. "It was a fantastic race for us from the start to the end without any big problems from the car," he said. "The tyre degradation was better than expected so we managed the pace. It feels great after the...
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