Fernando Alonso has claimed Ferrari are not stupid and are fully aware of what they need to do if they are to have any chance of winning the championship.
Alonso leads the drivers' championship thanks to his surprise victory in Malaysia but Ferrari have struggled throughout the season and the Spaniard could only qualify in ninth position for the Chinese Grand Prix. Although Mercedes' Nico Rosberg clocked an impressive 1:35.121, Alonso was almost 1.5 seconds off the pace and their ongoing struggles has left the former world champion in no doubt that the team cannot even contemplate challenging for the title.
"At the moment we all stay focused in the next race," said Alonso. "I think the championship is a target for Ferrari every year because of the history and the way the team is racing, with the passion to win. But obviously we are not stupid."
Alonso is under no illusions as to the size of the task facing Ferrari but he is confident the team can make big strides once they identify what is causing their problems. "We know we are far behind and we need to work. One second is a big gap to recover, but the car has some big problems in terms of aerodynamics which give us the optimism inside the team that we can recover, maybe not one second, but a lot of time if we put a couple of things that are not working in the right place," he added. "This is the first priority. Once we are happy with the car, we'll see what's the gap. At the moment it's too big because it doesn't work."
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