Fernando Alonso didn't show everything in China

According to him, he could have gone even faster. Fernando Alonso offered himself Sunday April 14 his first victory of the season during the Chinese Grand Prix at the end of a masterfully conducted race. " It was a fantastic race for us, from start to finish”, comments the pilot of the Team Ferrari. “We made good progress with the car and the tire degradation went better than expected,” He says.

While he managed to maintain a comfortable gap over Kimi Räikkönen, Lewis Hamilton et Sebastian Vettel ? who ended up in a pocket handkerchief? the Asturian announces that he could have done better. “We still had pace under our feet, but it's difficult to know when to use it”, explains the winner of the day. “I had more potential, and I hope I can show it in Bahrain. I'm still expecting a tough race there; we will see different conditions and who knows how everyone can be competitive? The car looks capable of being on the podium so we hope we will be on the podium again”, relates Fernando Alonso, now third in the Drivers' standings.

“This result feels good after Malaysia, we finished two races this year, one with a second place, the other with a victory?, describes the Spaniard. “The start of this campaign is good and we are very optimistic”, assures the double world champion, who has also, with his 31st victory, equaled the number of successes of Nigel Mansel. Only Ayrton Senna (41), Alain Prost (51) et Michael Schumacher (91) did better.