Alonso grateful for luck in Fuji.

has admitted that he was lucky to be in position to take his second win of the year at the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday, claiming that small differences in qualifying and the race could have produced a very different story. The Spaniard took advantage of the Lewis Hamilton-inspired melee at turn one to jump into second place, and then combined good race pace with a strategic request to his Renault pit crew to run with, and then pass, early leader Robert Kubica. However, he revealed that his good fortune had started even before race day. Having been unlucky in qualifying in Singapore - albeit misfortune that he eventually used to his advantage when a radical gameplan coincided with the appearance of the safety car - Alonso admitted that the merest slip-up on his qualifying lap at Fuji could have led to a different outcome on... [read full story]