Fernando Alonso has admitted that Ferrari are simply too far away from Red Bull and McLaren to challenge for wins and the world championship.
Alonso only managed to qualify in P12 after failing to make it through to Q3, whilst he finished eighth in the race, scoring just four points.
The Ferrari driver was stuck behind Vitaly Petrov for much of the race, only managing to pass the young Russian at the very end of the race. It was a similar story for Felipe Massa.
“We have been a bit surprised, as both in Barcelona and here we were not too competitive,” said the Spaniard. “All race Felipe [Massa] fought with Rosberg and I fought with Petrov, so we are at Renault’s level, which is obviously not enough.”
Alonso is pinning his hopes on some upgrades for the Canadian GP which is the next round of the championship.
“We have an improvement for Canada and then for Valencia we have a bigger package. But we know McLaren and Red Bull are very far away, and we don’t know if that’s enough, so we have to work very hard.”
One positive is Alonso’s position in the WDC, where he currently holds fourth, one point ahead of Vettel.
“The points are good. Logically we wanted more but we were third in the championship, now we are fourth so we are still there. We don’t have the fastest car, and yet we are one point ahead of Vettel, so we aren’t doing too bad.”
