Fernando Alonso is one of the strongest contenders in 2012 Formula 1 season
Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso is undoubtedly one of the strongest contenders in 2012 Formula 1 season as he is currently leading the drivers’ championship with 76 points and he is three points ahead of Red Bull Racing pair of drivers, Sebastian Vettel and
Mark Webber.
Even though, the Scarlet team struggled with F2012 throughout the pre-season testing programme this year.
Moreover, the technical director of Ferrari, Pat Fry ruled out the possibility of podium finish in the first race while they expressed that they will face difficulties in the first few races of the season.
Nevertheless, the Spaniard has performed amazingly well in the season so far and has been successful in limiting the damage for his team.
He showed an impressive performance in the first race held at Albert Park in Melbourne, Australia as he secured fifth place finish even after setting off from 12th grid position. Later, he took an incredible victory in the second race held at Sepang International
Circuit in Malaysia in the rainy conditions after qualifying for 8th place in the grid.
In the third race at Shanghai International Circuit in China, he came 9th after starting from the same grid position. Afterwards, in the fourth race at Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, he secured 7th place finish after beginning from 9thgrid position.
He secured a remarkable second podium finish in the fifth race held at Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona after he qualified for the same place in the grid.
Furthermore, in the last race at Circuit de Monaco, although he could only qualify for 5th grid position, however, he managed to secure a fantastic third podium finish and ended ahead of Vettel and Lewis Hamilton of McLaren.
The two-time world champion asserted that they had planned to stay ahead of Vettel and Hamilton in the Monaco GP in which they were successful. In addition, he said that it is very hard to make any kind of predictions for the upcoming races as there have
been six different winners in the first six races. He also said that it will be interesting to see how the teams will come up in the approaching races.
“Our target was to obviously to finish in front of Sebastian and in front of Lewis as they were with us in the world championship,” Alonso said. “If you go race by race you concentrate on different drivers, and the next one will be Mark because now he's
second in the championship. So it will be interesting all through the season with constant development of the car and the constant surprises that we are having in every race.”
It will be important to mention that Alonso has emerged as a great threat to all the contenders as the team principal of Red Bull, Christian Horner said, “Fernando's driven very well and he's going to be a key factor all the way through this championship,
for sure.”
Over and above, the team principal of Ferrari, Stefano Domenicali said that they need to make the necessary developments especially in the area of aerodynamics so as to improve the pace of their car for the forthcoming races.
The Italian team is currently standing at third place in the constructors’ championship with 86. Additionally, they are 22 points behind McLaren and are confidently looking forward to perform well in the season ahead.
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