Fernando Alonso is not fatalistic

Despite a checkered start to the championship, Fernando Alonso keep hope. The Spaniard, who is 42 points behind the leader, is not alarmed however. THE Team Ferrari has indeed demonstrated in the past its ability to bounce back very quickly. “It’s certainly not the start to the season that we and all of our fans were hoping for, underlines the Ferrari driver. Forty points separate us from Hag, it's not a lot. We know that our performance is not good at the moment, but we are aware that this can change very quickly. »

The three weeks of rest before the resumption of the championship in Europe should allow Ferrari to take stock of the situation and redress the bar, as has already been the case in the past. “I have confidence in the team, specifies the native of Oviedo. I know what's going on and I have the impression that everyone wants to fight in Maranello. In the past, I knew him, first as an opponent and then more intimately, and I know how the Scuderia is capable of getting back on track. It sounds like a slogan, but it?s the truth: you should never give up F1 »

Author of a catastrophic offseason, McLaren finally finished the first three races on the podium and won the Chinese grand prix thanks to Lewis Hamilton. The example of the Woking team allows Fernando Alonso to keep smiling. “Formula 1 has always been like this: in one race you struggle to get into the top five and in the other you fight for victory. At the same time others were saying Vettel unbeatable, then in Shanghai we all saw how things turned out in the end. Three races are not yet enough to give a definitive judgment. This is not to say that I underestimate the seriousness of our situation, far from it. We have to work very hard to improve. »