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Adapted from GMM
Fernando Alonso has expressed alarm at the situation at Ferrari, despite finishing third at Silverstone.
The Spaniard slashed Sebastian Vettel's lead in the championship to just 21 points in doing so, but is worried by the slump his team is going through.
Alonso initially pointed the finger at Pirelli, as he was quoted by Brazil's Totalrace as suggesting the compounds "are not appropriate for F1".
He also told German broadcaster Sky: "We know the hardest tyres favour one team, and we know they are not ideal for us and Lotus.
"But the fact is that others are working better than us."
He therefore admitted Ferrari's flaws.
"We have to improve," he said.
"We started the year with two cars on the front row and now we're getting into dangerous territory, struggling to get into Q3.
"We have not developed well enough in the past two months; the new parts have not been what we had hoped for," Alonso is quoted by international reports.
Fernando Alonso has expressed alarm at the situation at Ferrari, despite finishing third at Silverstone.
The Spaniard slashed Sebastian Vettel's lead in the championship to just 21 points in doing so, but is worried by the slump his team is going through.
Alonso initially pointed the finger at Pirelli, as he was quoted by Brazil's Totalrace as suggesting the compounds "are not appropriate for F1".
He also told German broadcaster Sky: "We know the hardest tyres favour one team, and we know they are not ideal for us and Lotus.
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| Fernando Alonso, Ferrari (Photo: WRi2) |
"But the fact is that others are working better than us."
He therefore admitted Ferrari's flaws.
"We have to improve," he said.
"We started the year with two cars on the front row and now we're getting into dangerous territory, struggling to get into Q3.
"We have not developed well enough in the past two months; the new parts have not been what we had hoped for," Alonso is quoted by international reports.