Following the news that former McLaren and Benetton engineer Pat Fry Aldo Costa was responsible for the development of chassis, Fernando Alonso, Ferrari put on notice that they must regroup quickly if any chance to catch and hard to Red Bull McLaren for the 2011 World Championships.
"We need a faster car immediately to fight for the championship," he said yesterday. "Next year we'll start with a better performance, because in 2010 and this year we seemed to lose too many points early in the season."
But he added: "But one of the most important is that we have only five races Nobody can say bye-bye in the championship race after five We must be sure that we can improve the situation we can .. get good results.
"I remain optimistic we can change things, but it is also true that we need immediately to have a competitive car. At the moment we are also fighting for a title contender. We are fighting for fifth and sixth, as is impossible to fight. There are a lot of time, but we need a better car in the next races. "
To discuss the decision to replace Costa as technical director, the role of Italian organized after the departure of Rory Byrne, four years ago, said Alonso, fully satisfied with the changes to the team boss Stefano Domenicali had worked in concert with the president Luca di Montezemolo, once the team had learned that even if the tests pre-season appearances, which were not competitive tread Red Bull.
"We are confident that the team works and we are confident in the decisions of Stefano, and what is best for Ferrari," Alonso confirmed. "All I can say is that I am a very positive atmosphere now, between the track of people, and is a step forward for the team. All decisions we make are in the best interest of the team and I am sure it is another. I have full confidence in this decision and full confidence in the future.
"We saw a difficult start to the season, we saw a dramatic performance car, and we need a reaction, we have to do something a bit 'in the direction of change, and this was perhaps the best and hope that in future we can be more competitive. "
Last year at this time, the Spaniards in a rare, but a big mistake going Massenet corner of the hill leading to the Casino ', severely damaging his Ferrari and his running skills. Now, finally, after the disappointing show of Ferrari in Spain after being pushed out of his skin on his lap legitimate, and again when he became the leader of the first 19 laps, decided to compensate, and believes that victory is possible here, this time out.
"Monaco is so different than other districts, there will always be surprises here. I remember Williams is very fast, always here, in 2004, 2005 and 2006, and again in 2008, when I think of Nico (Rosberg) was a very good race here, so I'm confident. In Spain, we were very competitive, but this is a completely different song, so we try to do our best here. Perhaps the aerodynamics are less important at this circuit, so we hope to have a successful weeks and score lots of points. "
