Formula 1

Alonso works hard to win Ferrari 'confidence'

Fernando Alonso has revealed he is working hard to "gain the confidence" of his new Formula One employer Ferrari. The Spaniard made his second recent visit to Maranello on Thursday, meeting with technicians and driving some laps of the Fiorano ...

GMM

Edited: Nov 30, 2009, 11:21 PM

Copy link

Share on Viber

Add as a preferred source

Fernando Alonso has revealed he is working hard to "gain the confidence" of his new Formula One employer Ferrari.

The Spaniard made his second recent visit to Maranello on Thursday, meeting with technicians and driving some laps of the Fiorano test track in road cars.

"I have to gain the confidence of the team and begin a good relationship with the engineers and mechanics," said the 28-year-old, who switches from Renault, where in 2005 and 2006 he won the drivers' world championships.

"That is what I am trying to do in these months, in order to arrive at the first race with a good understanding with the team so that we all feel comfortable together," Alonso is quoted as saying by Spain's Marca.

He also confirmed that he is not taking with him to the Maranello based team any engineers he has worked with over the course of his eight-year Grand Prix career.

"I must say I get along very well with many of them and they are very good, but I assume that the ones with Ferrari are the best in the world," said Alonso, who was speaking at a PR event in Madrid and wearing an official Renault team shirt.

We want your opinion!

What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?

Take our 5 minute survey.

- The Motorsport.com Team

Read and post comments

Share Or Save This Story

Copy link

Share on Viber

Previous article Ecclestone denies reviving Donington GP bid

Next article Grand Prix of Canada returning to Montreal in 2010

Top Comments

There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?

View More & Comment

Latest news

WEC drivers question lack of full-course yellow after heavy Monza crash

WEC

WEC WEC

Monza

1 h

WEC drivers question lack of full-course yellow after heavy Monza crash

How Formula 1 proved the naysayers wrong – for once

Formula 1

Sao Paulo GP

How Formula 1 proved the naysayers wrong – for once

Kyle Larson, Cliff Daniels and the Hendrick 5 are who we say they are

NASCAR Cup

NAS NASCAR Cup

Homestead-Miami

3 h

Kyle Larson, Cliff Daniels and the Hendrick 5 are who we say they are

Final NASCAR Cup points standings after 2026 Homestead finale

NASCAR Cup

NAS NASCAR Cup

Homestead-Miami

7 h

Final NASCAR Cup points standings after 2026 Homestead finale

Feature

Discover prime content

How Formula 1 proved the naysayers wrong – for once

Formula 1

Sao Paulo GP

By Stuart Codling

How Formula 1 proved the naysayers wrong – for once

How Lando Norris prevailed in a swift errors tour of Interlagos

Formula 1

Sao Paulo GP

By Stuart Codling

How Lando Norris prevailed in a swift errors tour of Interlagos

"He really wanted it" – why Russell was furious over aborted Brazil ‘pole’ lap

Formula 1

Sao Paulo GP

By Stuart Codling

"He really wanted it" – why Russell was furious over aborted Brazil ‘pole’ lap

What we learned from Friday practice at the 2026 Brazilian GP

Formula 1

Sao Paulo GP

By Jake Boxall-Legge

What we learned from Friday practice at the 2026 Brazilian GP

Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.

From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.

You have 2 options:

Become a subscriber.
Disable your adblocker.

Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here

Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page

Manage Alerts