Alonso: "20 podiums in two years with Ferrari is not bad"

Fernando Alonso returned to writing in his blog Ferrari.com, where he noted that "not bad" and twenty have achieved podium finishes since he is a pilot for the Italian team. "Yesterday was the twentieth of my career podium dressed in red, which means that more than half of the races I've raced a Ferrari driving I managed to finish among the top three. Twenty podiums in two years with Ferrari is not nothing wrong, "writes Alonso.

In the 37 races that Alonso has played as a Ferrari driver is over twenty times in the top three. In total, the Spaniard has played in 175 runs, with a record 27 wins and 73 podiums, twenty of them with Ferrari. "This also means that in a year like this, which has not been extraordinary in terms of performance of the car, the average has always been very high. It is no coincidence that, for eighteen years, the 'Scuderia' always wins the least one Grand Prix per season. There are other teams who can not say the same. They are also considerations of this type that have convinced me to extend my long relationship with Ferrari, "the Spanish champion.

"I've come home after a trip to Abu Dhabi, which ended with a good result. The second improved our expectations before the race, but what has made me happier is the speed that we had virtually the whole race" said Alonso. "It was a nice fight with (Lewis) Hamilton (McLaren), sometimes he was the fastest, and sometimes I was. Usually the beginning of each stint he achieved a certain range. Then I went in the second part, when both went with the soft, "he recalls. "In the second leg of the race traffic contributed to this effect of rubber between the two, but it's hard to say who hurt him more," added Alonso.

In addition, the Spanish recognized that the victory was almost impossible mission: "Having analyzed the data after the race we realized that the small problem we had in the second 'pit stop' had no influence on the final result because would be able to return to the track in front of Hamilton, which turned out to be very swift with the (tire) means. "One thing more we have to work for next season is to try to get the most out of the tires from lap "he says.

"I know that many think it would have been better to have achieved this second in this race a year ago (when he played the title). I know, but it is useless to think always in the past, I am sure that eventually recover the satisfaction that we've missed so far. I'm sure that between now and 2016 will still be many bottles of champagne to give to the mechanics after getting off the podium. " he concludes.