Alonso not writing off anyone yet

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Fernando Alonso says he is not ruling out anyone from the championship fight despite the result of the Singapore Grand Prix.

The Ferrari driver took his fourth win of the season at Marina Bay to move into second place in the standings, 11 points behind Red Bull's Mark Webber.

Lewis Hamilton's hopes suffered a big blow after he retired from the event.

The Briton is now third, 20 points behind Webber, with Sebastian Vettel one point further behind and Jenson Button 25 adrift of Webber with four races left..

"It remains very tight. All five contenders are still more or less with the same possibility," the Spaniard said. "Mark has a little bit more margin to have a bad weekend. For the others we need to keep catching up if we can.

"We will do our best, we won't know if it will be enough to win the title in Abu Dhabi but people can be sure we will fight until the end."

He added: "In these four races any of us can win two or three consecutive races and be in a good position, but if you make mistakes you can be off the championship. We need to keep our concentration - hopefully with no mistakes and hopefully we keep the same way in Japan as well."

Alonso, who had to cope with race-long pressure from Vettel, finished just two tenths of a second ahead of the German.

The Spaniard admitted it has been a very tough race.

The two-time champion conceded the win meant a lot to him.

"It was very difficult," said Alonso. "We knew that before coming here. We know Singapore physically is the toughest race this season, with two hours in humidity on a street circuit. It was tough to drive.

"This win means a lot. We know Singapore is a unique track and we could confirm the car is performing well.

"This win means a lot to stay in the fight for the championship. We know there are four races to go. It seems we can be competitive in any track. Great job by the factory and the team to get 100% of potential all the time. Forza Ferrari!"

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/87001

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Vettel admits passing Alonso too risky

Sebastian Vettel has declared himself satisfied with second place in today's Singapore Grand Prix, claiming that it was better to secure a decent haul of points than risk losing everything in trying a move on Ferrari's Fernando Alonso for the win.

"I tried to push him [Alonso] into a mistake, but he did not make a mistake," said the Red Bull driver.

"It's difficult to overtake here and it would have been too risky. We got good points. The most important is that car was competitive all weekend. There was a bit missing yesterday and that is probably what was missing today.

"In the drivers' championship everything is open."

Vettel also highlighted his good start, saying that it indicated that some of the suggestions that the team was struggling to get off the line cleanly were off the mark.

"We made a good start," he said. "We have been criticised wrongly in the past, and it was good to come here on street circuit to get right settings on car, and both did good starts."

The German added that Alonso's back-to-back wins proved that the championship still remains open.

"Any of the five drivers leading the championship still have a very good chance," he said. "Things can change quickly - just look at Fernando. People have written him off twice and he is back.

"If you win one or two races you are back again, so the most important is the consistency. We have to keep our head down and get the maximum out of ourselves."

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/87000

[epiclyaddicted]

From the man himself:

"This win means a lot to stay in the fight for the championship. We know there are four races to go. It seems we can be competitive in any track. Great job by the factory and the team to get 100% of potential all the time. Forza Ferrari!"

Forza Fernando! Forza Ferrari! :ferrarifl

[Grillo]

From the man himself:


Forza Fernando! Forza Ferrari! :ferrarifl
Where was that? Do you have a link to it? Please. :pray

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Where was that? Do you have a link to it? Please. :pray

See the thread OP. ;-)

[Sempre_Ferrari]

He also said it in the post race conference

[Greig]

Great comments by Alonso, maybe they tell him to say these things because I was always told he was a whiner and not a team player :-D

[vcs316]

Great comments by Alonso, maybe they tell him to say these things because I was always told he was a whiner and not a team player :-D

You do like stirring the pot, don't u G? :-D