Fernando Alonso believes Ferrari still needs to work on its car performance – Formula 1 news
Fernando Alonso thinks that Ferrari still needs to do a lot of work in order to remain ahead of other teams on the grid.
Alonso claimed his third win of the season at the recently concluded German Grand Prix. Despite extending his lead over other drivers especially on the second placed Mark Webber who is now 34 points behind, Alonso feels that Ferrari still have a lot of room
for improvement.
Alonso had a perfect weekend as he took pole position in wet conditions at Hockenheim and then held off challenges on the race day from the likes of Sebastian Vettel and Jenson Button for victory.
Still the Spaniard said that he feels McLaren and Red Bull have quicker cars than the Ferrari. Alonso managed his tyres well at Hockenheim as that was the only blemish in his previous race at Valencia which caused him the victory.
Webber overtook Alonso in the final laps of the race as Alonso’s tyres were too worn out to defend his position. However he made no such mistake in this race and finished it in cool and calm manner.
“In the wet the car seems competitive and we are fighting for the top, but in the dry we saw at Silverstone that Red Bull was a little bit quicker than us and Mark went on to victory ahead of us,” he said. “We also saw today that Sebastian and the McLarens
had a little bit of extra pace when they were in free air. So we know that we are not the quickest and we need to work for that.”
Alonso said that the team has not forgotten where it stood in the earlier stages of the season. When the team could not understand the car completely and were 2 seconds off pace. It has been a great effort from the whole to bring the results now.
“We did a lot of work in Maranello to improve the situation and now halfway through the season we are in a good position,” he added.
He admitted that the team has done well in terms of points but there is still work to be done in terms of performance.
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