Breaking news

Formula 1

Mixed feelings on leaving Ferrari, Alonso admits

Alonso says there are great people inside Ferrari team.

Adam Cooper

Edited: Nov 26, 2014, 1:58 PM

Copy link

Share on Viber

Add as a preferred source

Fernando Alonso, Scuderia Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari F14-T

Fernando Alonso, Scuderia Ferrari and Kimi Raikkonen, Scuderia Ferrari

Fernando Alonso, Ferrari F14-T

Fernando Alonso, Scuderia Ferrari

Felipe Massa, Williams F1 Team and Valtteri Bottas, Williams F1 Team

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes AMG F1 Team

Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes AMG F1 on the drivers parade

Fernando Alonso says he has mixed feelings about leaving Ferrari – but cited Felipe Massa's 2014 results after leaving Maranello as an example that he intends to emulate.

Alonso and team mate Kimi Raikkonen finished the Abu Dhabi GP in ninth and 10th places after one of Ferrari's worst races of the season.

It was a nice experience, every driver should experience driving for Ferrari at least one year, because it's a unique thing.

Fernando Alonso

“It's mixed feelings,” said the Spaniard. “Obviously I will miss the team, I will miss the guys. There are great people inside. You are always the favourite, you always in the eyes of the people a contender for the World Championship, and that we didn't do it is a bad thing. I need to go with some proudness, with the head up, because I fought until the end, every single point, every single race.

“It was a nice experience, every driver should experience driving for Ferrari at least one year, because it's a unique thing. But I'm looking for better results than 10th. I think it was hard also for Felipe last year after a long relationship to say bye-bye, and he's second now, on the podium, and we are 10th, so it's what I'm looking for.”

Regarding his last race for the team he said: “You wish to be on the podium at least or to enjoy it a little bit better. More or less I knew it was going to be tough, because we were not competitive all weekend. We had some fights out there, it was the maximum, and probably summarised how the season was – fighting for not important positions, and try to score some points.”

A well deserved champion

Meanwhile he was keen to praise former team mate Lewis Hamilton.

“I said on Thursday that any of the two who could be World Champion would be a well deserved champion. Lewis won 11 races this year, he was perfect all season long. He deserved the championship, and I hope he enjoys it. He will be the favourite again next year.”

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 I'm ready for the next step, says Vettel

Next article Another tough day for McLaren-Honda in Abu Dhabi

Top Comments

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

View More & Comment

Latest news

How the M8B became the most dominant car in McLaren’s history

General

How the M8B became the most dominant car in McLaren’s history

Christian Horner calls for F1 budget cap rethink: "Teams are spending $500 or $600m"

Formula 1

F1 Formula 1

Singapore GP

54 min

Christian Horner calls for F1 budget cap rethink: "Teams are spending $500 or $600m"

Phillip Island to remain in use despite MotoGP and WorldSBK departures

MotoGP

MGP MotoGP

Australian GP

2 h

Phillip Island to remain in use despite MotoGP and WorldSBK departures

Did Max Verstappen already know the impact of Red Bull’s big upgrade when he signed his new deal?

Formula 1

F1 Formula 1

Singapore GP

3 h

Did Max Verstappen already know the impact of Red Bull’s big upgrade when he signed his new deal?

Feature

Discover prime content

Lights, Camara, action: How Haas picked F1's latest rookie for 2027

Formula 1

Singapore GP

By Jake Boxall-Legge

Lights, Camara, action: How Haas picked F1's latest rookie for 2027

Employing team orders can simply be a matter of common sense

Formula 1

By Kevin Turner

Employing team orders can simply be a matter of common sense

Why Christian Horner sees history repeating itself for Adrian Newey at Aston Martin

Formula 1

Singapore GP

By Ronald Vording

Why Christian Horner sees history repeating itself for Adrian Newey at Aston Martin

Laurent Mekies under the microscope: How different is his leadership at Red Bull from Christian Horner?

Formula 1

Singapore GP

By Ronald Vording

Laurent Mekies under the microscope: How different is his leadership at Red Bull from Christian Horner?

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