Fernando Alonso has no doubts the Formula One title appears poised to go all the way to the wire.
For the first time in two years the double world champion chalked up back-to-back wins, following up his triumph in Italy a fortnight ago with a faultless performance in Singapore.
With three wins in his past five races to take his career tally to 25, Alonso is up to sixth-equal in Formula One's all-time history of race winners alongside Jim Clark and Niki Lauda.
The 29-year-old is now second in the standings of the five drivers battling it out in the championship, 11 points behind leader Mark Webber with four races remaining.
"It remains very tight," said Alonso.
"The dance towards the title sees the contenders see-sawing up and down, although Mark is still holding onto a slight lead.
"We must stay calm and concentrate on our own job, without thinking about what the others are doing. What is certain is we will leave nothing to chance.
"The rest of us need to keep catching if we can, and we will do our best, although we do not know if it will be enough to be champion in Abu Dhabi.
"But our car has improved a lot thanks to the work of all our engineers in Maranello and here at the track, and I am happy for that because now we can be on the pace at every type of circuit.
"We are not considered favourites for the races that lie ahead of us, but none of them are anything to be frightened about.
"We will give 100 per cent, and hopefully it is enough, but people can be sure we will fight until the end."
Team principal Stefano Domenicali hailed the win an "extraordinary result" courtesy of "an exceptional performance from Fernando".
Domenicali added: "He again proved what he is made of, in terms of driving ability and his mental attitude.
"The first and most important brick in this particular wall was put in place yesterday with pole position.
"If we had not started from the front, it would most likely have been impossible to overtake the Red Bull (of Sebastian Vettel) which proved to be so strong on track.
"We have now picked up two very nice wins in a row on tracks with completely different characteristics, but we are still behind in both championships.
"We must continue to work like this, if at all possible, multiplying our efforts to try and fight all the way to the finish.
"The maths will be done only at the end, on 14th November in Abu Dhabi."
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