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Alonso will 'fight for the title right to the end'

Fernando Alonso finished the Belgian Grand Prix a whopping 16.8 seconds behind championship leader Sebastian Vettel in second spot on Sunday but the result gave the Spaniard a boost for the rest of the campaign, despite losing ground to the Red Bull driver. Alonso drove brilliantly from ninth on the grid to give Ferrari a timely boost and a first podium since the British GP, although he is now 46 points behind Vettel in the standings. At the start, Alonso looked like he was on a mission as he carved through the field, passing last year's Spa winner Jenson Button and Mercedes' Nico Rosberg to move into third. 'The car had the speed,' he said. 'The weekend was good for us ... We felt more...
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