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Ferrari now a good all-rounder - Alonso

Fernando Alonso has renewed confidence in his Ferrari © Sutton Images

Fernando Alonso is confident he now has a good all-round race-winning car in the Ferrari F150 Italia.

Alonso won the British Grand Prix two weeks ago after modifications to the rear of the car significantly improved its pace in high-speed corners. He is confident it will be quick again at this weekend's race at the Nurburgring and denied suggestions Ferrari has sacrificed some of its slow-speed performance.

"No, that was not the case," he said. "We have been working very hard in the past two weeks since Silverstone to bring some extra parts to the Nurburgring and we expect to have some in Hungary next week. But at Silverstone we did not need to compromise ourselves in the slow-speed corners, because all the aero updates we brought there improved the car in the high-speed corners and when you also bring some new mechanical updates, you improve the performance in slow corners as well."

He said the team had made constant progress over the last few races and believes that is promising both for the remainder of this season and 2012.

"Silverstone was an important boost for the team after difficult times," Alonso added. "Prior to that, we had brought a lot of new parts, some of which worked and others that did not. Then in the last four or five races, every new part we brought has worked fine, which is definitely good news, not just for this year but for future development for next year. I am very, very confident in the car, the engine and all our designers are very motivated now, knowing that everything they did, working day and night is producing good results on Sunday."

But he admitted a title this year is unlikely.

"We face difficulties in terms of the championship this year because of the points lost earlier, but we will not give up," Alonso said. "We will try and win races and wait for some mistakes from Red Bull and when we reach the key point of the championship, we will see if we are still too far behind. We are having a good championship now and we will try to keep doing the same. We have, I think, 32 points more than last year from these same nine races, so we are definitely improving our results, always trying to do our best. But we have to accept that Red Bull was very, very dominant in the first half. There is nothing we can do about that now except work hard and keep enjoying every Sunday. Then, at the end we will see where we are."

Credit: ESPN F1 (en.espnf1.com)