Fernando Alonso believes it would be unrealistic to believe Ferrari can win a race this season after admitting their target must now be to ensure they remain ahead of Williams in the championship.
If they fail to secure a victory this year, it would be their first season without scoring a single win since 1993, but Alonso reckons that’s highly likely given where they stand compared to their rivals.
“Honestly, I think our target has to be lower,” he replied when asked if their aim was to win a race in 2014.
“I think a grand prix win this year is a little bit unrealistic.”
Alonso is focussing on scoring strongly to remain ahead of Williams. At present they have a narrow seven point advantage, but he admits it’ll be a difficult task.
“It [our aim] has to be fighting for the constructors’ championship in the highest position possible. But it is quite a big competition, a tough competition, with Williams.
“The next two races are quite good for them, so we expect to have tough weekends at the moment against Williams here and in Monza, and we need to cope with that.
“We need damage limitation in the next two races in terms of points, and then attack in the last part [of the season].”
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