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Formula 1
F1: Malaysia An Important Test For Ferrari, Says Alonso
Fernando Alonso hopes Ferrari can continue making gains this weekend...
Fernando Alonso won last season in Malaysia. (Photo: LAT Photographic)
Fernando Alonso says that another podium in Malaysia this weekend will confirm that Ferrari is on target for a good season with the F138.
Felipe Massa and Alonso were third and fourth in practice Friday. A year ago, Alonso won in Malaysia, but only after rain handed him a chance to flatter the troubled F2012.
“There is no comparison with last year," he said. "We were coming here out of Q3, and nowhere near where we wanted to be. This year is a little bit better in this aspect. We have a more or less competitive car, and in Australia everything worked quite fine for us, and we showed a good potential.
“It’s true that in Australia, strategy was very, very strange, a very unusual circuit, so this weekend for us is a little bit of confirmation.
“We need to confirm that the car is performing well after some positive feelings in the winter, and some positive feelings in Australia. This is a very real test for us, and we want a clear weekend and hopefully a good result. A podium will be again a very good target to achieve, and if we do so, I think we can be very, very happy.”
Alonso has not won a race since Germany in July last year: “It’s not frustrating at the moment. If I have the best car on the grid and I do six pole positions and I finish second every race, it will be frustrating. If we are outside the top five in the qualifying and we finish in the podium always, then I’m very proud.”
Adam Cooper notched up his 28th season as a racing journalist in 2012. He has written about F1 for SPEED.com since 2005. Follow him on Twitter.
Felipe Massa and Alonso were third and fourth in practice Friday. A year ago, Alonso won in Malaysia, but only after rain handed him a chance to flatter the troubled F2012.
“There is no comparison with last year," he said. "We were coming here out of Q3, and nowhere near where we wanted to be. This year is a little bit better in this aspect. We have a more or less competitive car, and in Australia everything worked quite fine for us, and we showed a good potential.
“It’s true that in Australia, strategy was very, very strange, a very unusual circuit, so this weekend for us is a little bit of confirmation.
“We need to confirm that the car is performing well after some positive feelings in the winter, and some positive feelings in Australia. This is a very real test for us, and we want a clear weekend and hopefully a good result. A podium will be again a very good target to achieve, and if we do so, I think we can be very, very happy.”
Alonso has not won a race since Germany in July last year: “It’s not frustrating at the moment. If I have the best car on the grid and I do six pole positions and I finish second every race, it will be frustrating. If we are outside the top five in the qualifying and we finish in the podium always, then I’m very proud.”
Adam Cooper notched up his 28th season as a racing journalist in 2012. He has written about F1 for SPEED.com since 2005. Follow him on Twitter.
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