Dennis bullish on McLaren's chances

Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton sealed the front row of the grid after dominating the weekend so far, and Dennis is bullish about their chances of maintaining that form in the race.

"They both did a great job," Dennis told ITV after the session. "Clearly we have to put them on different strategies and we are absolutely delighted with the outcome of qualifying. Now we want a dry race and I think we should get the job done."

Although Alonso has a big advantage by starting from pole position, the key to victory tomorrow will almost certainly depend on which of the two drivers has the better fuel strategy.

And although Dennis has dropped short of confirming that Hamilton may actually be best placed on that front, he has said that the Briton's chances look good from where he is starting.

"(Pole position) narrowly escaped him, but he has got plenty of races to get pole position," said Dennis about Hamilton. "Being on the front row - he is in really good shape."