Fernando Alonso, who became the youngest winner in the history of the Formula One World Championship here in 2003, had admitted that he will be cheering on Michael Schumacher in tomorrow's race.

Starting from sixth on the grid, on what is a notorious track when it comes to overtaking, and behind Jarno Trulli, who is equally notorious, the Spaniard will be hoping that the Ferrari driver takes maximum points, thereby damaging the title hopes of both Kimi Raikkonen and McLaren.

"If Michael wins, I will be very happy," the Renault driver told reporters following today's session.

"The grid is not easy for us because even if we have different strategies to them, maybe we cannot take the maximum from our car because of the people in front of us," he added, referring to Trulli, who has become something of a mobile chicane in recent races, and championship rival, Kimi Raikkonen. "I think I have to concentrate on Kimi and see if I can overtake him at the start. If not I need to be behind him and not have people between us.

"The first two corners will be very important," he added. "We need to take the risk. If we are sixth and we are conservative, it will not be a good result at all. I'll have to be aggressive tomorrow, especially in those first two corners, and from there the race can be a little bit easier or maybe more difficult. We'll see."