Fernando Alonso has faith in F2012 for a strong 2012 showing – Formula 1 news

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Fernando Alonso has faith in F2012 for a strong 2012 showing – Formula 1 news

Fernando Alonso believes that the new Ferrari will show the results in 2012.

He said that the F2012 is different from its predecessors but that looks are not important results are and he is confident that the car will be much more competitive than 2011.

Alonso joined Ferrari in 2010 and narrowly missed on a world title. 2011 was a different scenario altogether, it showcased Sebastian Vettel’s dominance in the Red Bull car. The Ferrari car was not up to the benchmark and lacked competitiveness. Alonso though drove with a big heart and helped his team to reach the 3rd position in the constructors’ championship. He only had a singular Grand Prix win in the 2011 season at Silverstone.

Alonso gave his views on the new car and said that it is going to be really competitive the team has not worried about how it looks and focussed on the pace of the car.

“It looks very different actually from what we've seen in the past two years,” Alonso said. “It's the third Ferrari, the third season and I'm going to start with the same strength, force, determination; I really want to do great. It's going to be quite competitive and challenging as a season, but I really want to see red cars always on the podium so always winning. We will start next week in Jerez, we will keep working all together and I'm sure we will do great this year.”

Alonso added that the team has two months before the season starts in mid March and the team is working hard to prepare really well for the season opening Australian Grand Prix.

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has also been vocal about the team not doing well in 2011 and the importance of putting in all the effort to improve on last year’s showing.

Ferrari will has also said that it might hide some pace during the pre-season test in order hide its true potential which shows that the team is confident of a strong showing. The first pre-season test will take place at Jerez on February 7, 2012.