Just eight races into the 19 race calendar and Fernando Alonso has ruled out securing his third title, admitting it’s ‘logically impossible’ with the current car.
His ambitions rest solely on Ferrari improving the F150º Italia into a race winning machine, if that happens soon, then says Alonso, there might just be enough time to turn things around.
“Everything depends on the car,” the Spaniard told sponsor Santander. “If the car is equipped to win races, there is enough time to come back. But being on average one second behind Red Bull on all the times makes it impossible to come back.
“Therefore, right now, we are awaiting an important improvement to the car. If it arrives in the next few races we will be on fighting terms, but if everything continues to be the same, logically this is impossible. Miracles cannot be done.”
Many, including the 29-year-old, have earmarked this weekends British Grand Prix as the benchmark on whether or not Red Bull can be challenged.
“Yes, England is a very aerodynamic [dependent] circuit, very similar to Barcelona where we were very far behind and were lapped in the race,” he added.
“Therefore in Silverstone if we manage to be at the front, it means we have a very competitive car for what remains of the year, but if we are still so far behind, it will be difficult, and we will have to fight for partial Grands Prix victories: podiums, fastest laps and those types of more secondary things.”
