Alonso: “The F10 is progressing well”

Fernando Alonso, helped by favorable weather conditions, drove a lot this week in Jerez. In two days, the Spaniard covered 269 laps, covering 1200 km on the Jerez circuit. Ferrari having worked this Saturday on the settings of the F10, while doing a racing simulation, the search for performance was not on the agenda.

From then on, Fernando Alonso is not worried about the gap between his time and those of other drivers, such as Jenson Button (McLaren) or Robert Kubica (Renault). " Some showed their strengths today, while we didn't. comments the double world champion. We will see in Barcelona, ​​where we will arrive with some developments, and where the performances of the teams will be compared. »

In front of a large audience who came to see him drive the Ferrari F10, Fernando Alonso was happy to see his car behave satisfactorily. “ We can say that we are on the right track. Thanks to these two days in the dry, I was able to cover a lot of kilometers. I am satisfied with the performance of the car and its reliability. The F10 is evolving very well and there is nothing that worries us. »

With 137 laps on the clock on Saturday, the Spanish driver was one of the hardest on the track. “ We have been working on the long runs and the signs we have received are positive. Naturally we have to improve, because we are not at our best, but we are working on it. There is no reason to be pessimistic. To this day, it is the best car I have ever owned. »

If there are things to improve on the F10, Fernando Alonso prefers to keep the areas concerned secret. “ There are always things to do, but revealing it would be like a goalkeeper exposing his weak points so that all the scorers hit there! » As for the eleven other teams, the next tests will take place in Barcelona, ​​from February 25 to 28, in order to validate the latest developments before leaving for Bahrain.