Alonso Step Up Game
Going into the French Grand Prix
double world champion Fernando Alonso trails his rookie teammate Lewis Hamilton with ten points. Alonso has two wins so far this season – the first in Malaysia and the other in Monaco. Lewis Hamilton has two victories have both come to the North American leg of the season – in Canada and the United States. Hamilton leads the Spaniard for his consistency by finishing in the top three positions in all seven races.At the upcoming French Grand Prix
Hamilton is at his third straight victory
but Alonso claimed he will step up his game and will be ready to contend toe to toe with Hamilton for the championship of the driver. Although the rumor that the two McLaren drivers have a kind of failure
the two claimed that they have a good relationship teammates.Alonso though his crown as the world champion in the fastest motor sport to defend. To reflect his third straight championship
he has to contend with his rookie teammate
who is performing well in every race this season. The Spaniard is convinced that a move to Europe will be good for him in his quest for his third championship. “I think I’m going to enjoy coming back to Europe
” said Alonso. “The championship starts now. We have only done seven races and now I’m more comfortable and confident. “The Spaniard would have been facing a very important issue. In the Canadian and U.S. Grands Prix
he has the advantage over Hamilton in terms of familiarity with the track. But even with that advantage
the British driver still managed to secure pole position to take action against him. At the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours
Alonso will not have the same advantage as the British Formula One driver has driven on the tracks in his days as a junior formula driver. Alonso would have the upper hand in terms of their final race on the course. Last year
the Spaniard finished second at Magny-Cours
while Hamilton’s last outing on the track is disappointing. Now they will drive the same car
the MP4-22 is powered by a Mercedes-Benz engine
but without a Mercedes-Benz rear – it is possible that Hamilton a better race at the Circuit de Nevers.Hamilton has this to say about the course: “It is not one of my best tracks. The French round of the GP2 championship last season was not my best weekend I had a meet in the first race that had me from the second race of the nineteenth century. “The British have charged nineteenth-fifth to that game. “It is possible to score points here
although you always want to be on pole
” added Hamilton. Hamilton now has 58 points to his credit after taking the podium in all seven races so far. Fernando Alonso has 48 points so far. The Spaniard has five podium finishes so far. He finished fifth in Bahrain
where Hamilton finished second behind Felipe Massa of Ferrari. Alonso again failed a podium at the Grand Prix of Canada to get where he finished seventh. On the appointed match
the Spaniard was even overtaken by Takuma Sato’s Super Aguri.
