Fernando Alonso says his second place finish in Valencia proves Ferrari are steadily moving in the right direction after a terrible start to their 2011 season.
The Spaniard battled Mark Webber for second, but couldn’t challenge Sebastian Vettel for the win.
He admitted his result was the best he could achieve.
“Second place is the maximum we can have these days, so being here between the Red Bull Racing cars is a great achievement,” he said in the paddock after the race.
“Monaco was a good performance to finish second, Canada a good performance [too] but we didn’t score and here second is a great team result.
“We are definitely moving in the right direction and will get closer to them at the next races.”
The Ferrari driver is adamant the team won’t give up until they can battle Red Bull for victory.
“I think we all, in Ferrari, know our tifosi is expecting us to win. At the moment we are not in that position. We are getting much closer. In first few races we were 1.5 seconds behind, now it is six or seven tenths, so we have halved it. We will not stop working until we reach the performance of the car.”
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