'F1 no longer sport to me', fumes Alonso.

Fernando Alonso has angrily hit out at the decision of the stewards to drop him from fifth to tenth on the grid for the Italian Grand Prix, claiming he no longer considers 'Formula One like a sport'.

Alonso was controversially docked his three best times in qualifying at Monza after Ferrari driver Felipe Massa complained he had blocked him as he came around to start his final lap.

However, Alonso has furiously denied the claims, insisting he was having to push hard to reach the finish line to start his final lap, just three seconds before the chequered flag fell.

Inviting reporters to a press conference to show them video footage they believe exonerates them from any wrong doing, Renault claim Massa's Ferrari was never less than 100 metres behind Alonso.

Coming at a crucial stage in both the driver and constructors' championship, Alonso insists the decision to penalise him will lead to other problems in the future should such a distance between two cars be considered as blocking.

"If this is blocking anyone intentionally, we will have a lot of problems from now on in qualifying," the reigning champion and current championship leader told Reuters. "If this is blocking also I don't understand how we will race today if this is the minimum distance.

"I am a sportsman, I love the sport...I love the fans coming here, a lot of them from Spain. And I don't consider any more Formula One like a sport."

Alonso had been on a back foot through the final 15 minute top ten shootout when he picked up a puncture down an escape road after out-braking himself. Losing part of his bodywork, Alonso had just over a minute and a half to get around a start his final lap before the chequered flag fell.

However, Massa claims Alonso slowed into the final corner, losing him 'three tenths', a margin that would have given the Brazilian a second consecutive pole position.

Renault team boss Flavio Briatorie was equally livid about the decision to dock Alonso the grid positions, the latest in a line of recent penalties, including his 'dangerous driving' in Hungary and the outlawing of mass dampers ahead of Turkey.

Indeed, Briatorie, who has already suggested once this year the governing body are trying to help Ferrari to the title this season, claims he did not need to send Alonso out because of the damage done to the rear of his car courtesy of his tyre blow out. However, he insists that F1 is a 'show' and that they had a right to give Alonso a chance to set a time and not to intentionally impede Massa.

"Fernando never intentionally wanted to stop Massa. It was quite dangerous as well to send Fernando out again. But we are fighting for the championship and the people need to see the show."

"He made the chequered flag for his final quick lap by one second. We told him by radio that he done like a qualifying lap on his out-lap," added Briatore. "He did the perfect job and had no intention of slowing Massa. We don't want to argue about the decision, only to tell you what is our position. We are quite sad that this happened."