The Korean Grand Prix provided Ferrari with the best result of the season – Fernando Alonso
Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso hails the Korean Grand Prix as the best race of the season for his team. Fernando said that it was the best result of the season after he won the race and snatched the driver’s standings’ lead away from the
Australian driver Mark Webber from team Red Bull. Both of the Red Bull drivers retired out of the Korean Grand Prix and gave Ferrari and McLaren a solid result.
“I think that was one of the best races of the year for us and the team, both cars on the podium is a fantastic achievement for Ferrari. We're been competitive all weekend. Qualifying yesterday we saw a very strong car so we knew the race
pace was there but with the weather conditions you never know,” said Alonso.
Red Bull had to leave the track with a pointless finish and this result has damaged Red Bull’s championship race vitally. The wet race was extremely entertaining as there were 9 retirements and the drivers thought that the track was as
slippery as a soaped floor.
Fernando though stated that this morning was wet and his team was aware that it was going to be a tricky race to finish but knew winning the race was like the icing on top. This was the first wet race of the season and Ferrari proved that
they are strong no matter how the conditions are.
Although the result would now mean that he would lead the championship by 11 points from Mark Webber, Alonso vows to remain mindful as anything can happen in the remaining two grand prix in Brazil and Abu Dhabi.
“I think nothing changes really. We know that with the new points system anything can happen in one race. If you don't score you lose 25 points from one of your main opponents, so nothing has changed. I think it was bad luck for Mark and
Sebastian but anything can happen in the next races,” he added.
With four or five drivers still running for the championship, Alonso thinks that being on the podium will be the key to this year’s championship.
“We have been doing well, very focused, very concentrated in the last six or seven races but the last two we cannot forget that we need to be on the podium and we need to at least be fighting for the victory in the next race,” said the
new championship leader.
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