FERNANDO ALONSO OPTIMISTIC ABOUT FERRARI'S CHANCES
Alonso fired a warning shot against the rivals teams, as the 2nd half of formula one season approaches. The 2 time world champion is confident that his team still has a lot to offer, the new updates and changes in the car ahead of the European GP next week will be crucial in the revival of the team. Ferrari for sure will be back in the reckoning for the F1 championship this season.
The Spaniard believes the changes made ahead of the Valencia GP will hugely benefit him, as they suit his style of driving, but still they are not the final changes to be made in the cars, as ahead of next 2 races there will be number of more modifications and updates which will boost the car even more.
The former McLaren driver is 15 points from the top in 3rd place, alongside the winner of the previous race, Lewis Hamilton. But looking at the season gone by so far, Ferrari has been very disappointing. Both Alonso and Massa have not been able to match the pace of Red Bull, the Austrian team have set the tracks ablaze this season, with their bullet fast cars, and not just Ferrari but all the other teams have found it hard to cope with the brutal pace of Vettel and Webber.
And it was only due to the infighting in the team at the end of Istanbul GP which led to Hamilton and Alonso finishing one two, as Webber was leading the race from the start and his team mate Vettel tried to go past the Australian, and ended up smashing into his car, which ended Sebastian Vettel’s race and sent Webber from first to 3rd.
All the other teams have been trying to come up with new ideas to out think Red Bull, and in that process Ferrari have come up with a major breakthrough in aerodynamics of the car, which has excited the whole team, and the changes are to be made ahead of the Valencia GP, the Ferrari F10 car is expected to be quicker and more efficient than the rest in the upcoming race.
The new modifications will use exhaust gases in order to move the airflow around the diffuser, and also around the rear beam wing more efficiently then prior races.
The idea many believed is not all Ferrari Exclusive, as the Red Bull RB6 has been equipped with pretty much the same mechanism throughout the season, which has seen them stay head and shoulders above the rest.
Fernando Alonso in his web Blog said that he is very excited about the modifications in the car, and is certain that they will play a big part in the revival of his and team’s chances in the second half of the season.
Alonso went on to write that , they are sure that the changes will be successful, and they will be followed by number of more developments in the F10 car, which will be seen in the next 2 races which are in Germany and England. The Spaniard said that Valencia will only be the 9th race of the season, and there is still a lot to be played for, so by no means is the season over for Ferrari, and people who have counted their team out will have to eat their words, after the 2nd half of the season.
Alonso added that he would like to reiterate the point that there will be number of twists and turns in the season till November, when we reach the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, and with the new points system the driver and team leader board can change very quickly.
Looking back at the season gone by so far, the 2 time world champion said that, there were number of things that happened in the first 8 races, such as reliability issues with the car, minor mistakes here and there, and off course some pure bad luck. Considering all that, Ferrari still are in a good position, and if things go as planned, this may well turn out to be the year for his team.
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