Fernando Alonso urges Ferrari to improve for final three races

Fernando Alonso has urged Ferrari to improve for the final few races of the season, as he remains optimistic of Championship success despite Red Bull and Sebastian Vettel’s dominance of late. The Spaniard was positive after the Indian Grand Prix with his result, but believes improvements need to be made within the team for the next few races.

When asked whether or not the Spaniard holds any hope of winning the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Fernando Alonso was quick to emphasize the importance of introducing new upgrades to the car. Although the Spaniard finished the race 2nd, it was Ferrari’s qualifying performance which really hindered his chances of victory this weekend. Fernando Alonso is hopeful that he can improve in qualifying next weekend, thereby increasing his chances of victory during the race.

“I think we need to bring some new parts to Abu Dhabi, hopefully improve a little bit more then competitiveness of the car, try to be a little bit closer to Red Bulls on Saturday and hopefully on Sunday as well.” Explained Fernando Alonso, “Obviously three races remaining; Championship is the main target so we need to recover some points and will be nice to finish in front of Sebastian in Abu Dhabi, whatever the position it is. And if we can win the race it will be even better – but for that we need to make a step forward. At the moment we are not able to win.”

Despite Fernando Alonso urging his team to introduce updates for the next three races, the Spaniard felt encouraged with his performance during the Indian Grand Prix. After starting from 5th place, behind both McLaren’s, the two-time World Champion was able to quickly dispose of the duo and focus his attention on eventually catching and overtaking Mark Webber for 2nd.

“Yes, I think it’s good news for us, seeing that we could fight Red Bull in the race.” Enthused Fernando Alonso, when asked whether or not he was pleased with his performance. “More or less we knew this. In qualifying we are not close enough to fight for pole position but in the race normally things improve for us. Today was another example but it was perfect for the strategy from the team: very good start, very good top speed and tyre management.”

In Abu Dhabi’s three years on the Formula 1 calendar, Fernando Alonso has yet to take victory. Sebastian Vettel took the first two victories in 2009 and 2010, before Lewis Hamilton stormed to victory last season amid Vettel’s rare retirement at the start of the race. Fernando Alonso will be hoping he can change this stat next weekend, as he strives to remain in contention for the World Drivers’ Championship.

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