The Spaniard, who will wear a black armband as a personal act of respect after a Spanair flight crashed shortly after take-off from Madrid airport, is hoping to convince the other 19 drivers on the grid to join him in a minute's silence before heading onto the Valencia street circuit for the first time.
"I will wear a black armband and I will talk with the drivers tomorrow," said Alonso. "Maybe we can do something before starting - maybe one minute's silence in the pit-lane."
Alonso also believes that the tragedy will overshadow Valencia's first grand prix.
"It will definitely change the weekend for me, because it's a tragedy what happened," he said."All the Spanish people are in shock and I am too. It's probably the saddest approach to a weekend I have had.
"Tomorrow we will start slowly to get into the weekend - life continues. But it's a different weekend compared to what it should be."
A three-day national period of mourning has been declared in Spain.
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