Fernando Alonso is worried that Ferrari aren’t making gains this season and are instead falling further back after Williams recently took over third in the constructors’ championship, pushing the Italian team down to fourth.
Ferrari currently have 116 points to Williams’ 121 and have failed to score a podium finish since the Chinese Grand Prix, six races ago.
That’s cause for concern according to Alonso who doesn’t expect a step forward in Hungary where he expects a similar showing to the German GP where he finished fifth.
“At the moment we are not super happy with the performance and we try to keep improving to score more points because, especially with the constructors’ championship, we are going backwards a little bit. We need to put both cars in the points as many times as possible,” he said on Thursday.
“Obviously the car is identical with only four days between races and the circuit layout is not particularly good with a traction demanding circuit,” he said. “On the other hand every race has been a little bit a surprise and at some circuits we thought we’d be more competitive and we were less and vice-a-versa.
“We need to go into the weekend with some positive mood and see what is the final result, but the picture should not change compared to the last couple of races.”
He reckons Red Bull could make a step forward, pushing Ferrari down to the fourth or fifth quickest car.
“Probably Red Bull will be more competitive with less engine demand here and we see Williams at a circuit that requires good traction and aerodynamics and we will see if they keep their form. It will be more or less similar.”
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