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Ferrari urged to give it 120 per cent for final three races as Fernando Alonso bids to secure F1 world title
Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has urged the team to follow Fernando Alonso's lead and give 120 per cent for the rest of the season as they look to catch championship leader Sebastian Vettel.
Di Montezemolo was thrilled with Alonso's performance in Sunday's Indian Grand Prix as the Spaniard limited the damage sustained by Vettel's fourth consecutive victory.
From fifth on the grid at the Buddh International Circuit, Alonso managed to claim second – his best result since his win in Germany in July – to leave a 13-point gap between himself and Vettel.
Going into this weekend's race in Abu Dhabi, Vettel has the chance to become the first driver to win five successive races since 2004 when Michael Schumacher achieved seven in a row en route to his seventh world title.
Vettel has won two of the previous three races at the Yas Marina track in 2009 and 2010, and although starting from pole last year, suffered a first-lap puncture.
It is the kind of incident that can happen at any time, and give Ferrari and Alonso hope Vettel can yet be denied his third straight crown.
To that end, Di Montezemolo is calling on the team for a concerted effort over the closing three races as he said: "Drivers and team have never been more united to give 120 per cent.
"We're more united than ever, and the team is working on further improvements with the last three races in sight.
"We're ready to give it 120 per cent, just like Alonso. We'll fight for the championship to the last kilometre. I'm very confident."
Di Montezemolo was particularly impressed with Ferrari's efforts in India as they proved they can still mount a challenge.
However, he is now counting the cost of Alonso's two first-corner incidents in Belgium and Japan when the 31-year-old was taken out, costing him valuable points.
"Alonso was exceptional in India," said Di Montezemolo on the team's official website. "Felipe (Massa) brought home some very important points for the constructors' championship, and the team was perfect in the strategy and reliability.
"I don't wish bad luck to anyone, but I think with two collisions at starts in the second part of the season, we've paid a very high price."
Alonso furious with Ferrari as pressure mounts in title battle
Fernando Alonso almost lost his temper ahead of last Sunday’s Indian Grand Prix, the Italian newspaper La Stampa reports, claiming that the Spaniard was furious after the Maranello based team’s technical boss Pat Fry blamed the drivers for a sub-standard qualifying performance.
“The result reflects our current potential,” said Fry after Alonso qualified fifth in India. “But in order to be where we wanted and where we were capable of being, we needed to be perfect today and we weren’t.”
Alonso went into the Indian GP weekend bemoaning the fact that, despite always talking up Ferrari’s improvements, the F2012 has not substantially improved for several races.
And his characterisation of his title battle as a head-to-head with Red Bull’s Adrian Newey might also be interpreted as a slight on Newey’s Ferrari peers.
La Stampa said that when Alonso heard about Fry’s post-qualifying comments, he “went into a rage”.
“(Stefano) Domenicali tried to calm him down…but the discussion continued until 1am,” the report added.
The newspaper said Alonso drafted on his phone a message to his Twitter fans that read: “I want my 1.2 million followers to know that the key aerodynamic components at the rear of the Ferrari are still the same as they were in May”.
La Stampa reported: “It took a lot of persuading for Alonso not to press the submit button.”
Domenicali commented: “You [the media] are good at creating stories that do not exist.”
Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo is quoted by La Gazzetta dello Sport: “Alonso is right to push the engineers.”
Felipe Massa, meanwhile, revealed to Brazil’s Totalrace that his F2012 was not in the same specification as Alonso’s in India last weekend.
“I had half as much as him,” said the Brazilian, “and even more will arrive in Abu Dhabi.”
In the wake of the reported Twitter affair, Alonso told his 1.2 million followers that his fighting spirit is intact for the remaining three races of 2012.
“If the sword breaks, fight with your hands,” he said, quoting a samurai. “If they cut your hands, push the enemy with your shoulders, even your teeth.”
Best grand prix of the season... what drama.. excitment yaar![]()
Alonso
Vettel ,... from 24th to 3rd..![]()
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3 world champs at their absolute best !!
10 points difference btw alonso & vettel still..
More importantly,22 point difference btw ferrari and mclaren for 2nd place![]()
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