Fernando Alonso expects no wonders from Ferrari at 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix – Formula 1 news
Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso has declared that his team cannot hope for any wonders with its car at 2012 Malaysian Grand Prix which is going to be held at Sepang International Circuit this weekend.
The Scarlet team had been facing issues with the car F2012 since this year’s pre-season tests held at Jerez and Barcelona circuits.
Furthermore, after the final day of the last test, the technical director of Ferrari, Pat Fry ruled out the fight for the podium finish at the season opener.
Later, the Spaniard, Alonso also said that the team would struggle in the first few races of the season. Nevertheless, Alonso was able to secure fifth position at the season opener after qualifying for 12th position in the grid, last week.
Moreover, Alonso said that the team’s competitiveness would still suffer at the second GP because of the tough conditions at the Sepang circuit. In addition, he said that they did not have enough time to make the necessary developments and the essential
preparations for the next race.
“We have tested at Jerez, Barcelona and then we went to Australia and I think, for all teams, the cars here are pretty much identical to the first race, so there will not be any surprises here. We will try and adapt the car to the circuit,” said Alonso.
Nonetheless, he claimed that he was pleased with the team regardless of the competitive deficiency until now. Besides, he said that they needed to work very hard to reduce the gap with the contenders in the front.
“We need to work hard day and night to try and catch up people. But you all know that the experience for me at Ferrari has been fantastic; fighting for the world championship in my first year with the team and then last year having one win and ten podiums,”
added Alonso.
He also said that they had always aimed at winning the championship title but unfortunately had not been successful from the last couple of years.
However, he said that they would bring out the best in them to fight for the title this year.
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