Sep.27 (GMM) One of Fernando Alonso's closest confidantes says he is "worried" about how off-track pressures might affect the Spaniard's late-season charge for a third consecutive title.



Fabrizio Borra, the 26-year-old's long time physiotherapist who also shows Alonso his pit board during official sessions, said it is easy to assume that a double world champion is mentally strong enough to deal with the events of 2007.



"Nobody should forget that he is only 26 and is having to fight on every front," Borra, who was central to the famous pit-delay incident in Hungary last month, told the Italian magazine Autosprint.



Alonso has been the subject of intense media attention of late, including suggestions that he tried to blackmail his McLaren boss.



"I have worked with many elite sportsmen," Borra continued, "so I know how even great champions can react when they are besieged.



"I am worried about Alonso; not because of what happens on the circuit, but what is written in the newspapers about him."



Italian Borra has known and worked with Alonso since he debuted in formula one with Minardi in 2001.