Alonso hopes to extend winning run

LONDON, England (CNN) -- A jubilant Fernando Alonso is not ruling out a hat-trick of wins after collecting his second successive Formula One victory at the Japanese Grand Prix.

After a surprise triumph in Singapore two weeks ago, the two-time world champion demonstrated his skill -- and Renault their much-improved car -- by sauntering home in Fuji.

Behind the Spaniard, who revealed he will announce his plans for 2009 after the last race of season, were BMW's Robert Kubica and Kimi Raikkonen of Ferrari.

"The feeling I have now is that we can do anything because of a circuit like this and we were not too light on fuel," said Alonso, ahead of the final two races of the season in China and Brazil.

"We won again in a circuit that maybe is not particularly good for our characteristics. But obviously back-to-back wins is a very nice feeling and the team did a great job to improve the car.

"I am still confident for the next two races. Maybe no wins but who knows, maybe podiums are possible now? We are now maybe just behind Ferrari and McLaren and this is completely amazing." Read more about F1 at The Circuit.

Kubica kept his faint title hopes alive with eight points to move to within 12 of the lead held by McLaren's Lewis Hamilton.

But having headed the standings after his breakthrough win in Canada in June, the Pole is disappointed not to have been able to mount a stronger fight.

"Being leader of the championship after seven races, once you are able to be leader after seven races, you should be able to fight for the championship," he said.

"I was hoping we could be able to fight for the championship. We didn't improve a lot lately with the car, so this didn't help me but still in the last two races everything is possible.

"I hope this is a good boost for the last two races and I hope we can find a few tenths [of a second per lap], which will help me in the battle."

Raikkonen leapt off the grid from second and into the lead but was forced off the track at turn one by some aggressive late-braking from polesitter Hamilton.

The Finn fought back and was hounding Kubica for second place late in the race.

He said: "It is a bit disappointing what happened in the first corner. Being pushed out didn't help as we could have had a better result.

"I lost many places and got some damage in the front but luckily enough I was able to get back on the circuit, but then I was all the time behind people.

"I was behind Robert and then I was fighting against him. In the last stint I got a few tries to get past him but I always caught him just in the last part of the circuit, the main straight, and he always went on the inside, so I didn't have anywhere to go."