Alonso linked with Ferrari

Two races into the Formula One season and Fernando Alonso has already hinted that it may be time for another move — this time to Ferrari.

Two races into the Formula One season and Fernando Alonso has already hinted that it may be time for another move — this time to Ferrari.

Title hopes with Renault, the team with which he won two straight titles in 2005 and ‘06, are essentially over after Sunday’s eighth-place finish at the Malaysian Grand Prix, Alonso said. The French team has promised Alonso improvements to his car in time for the Barcelona Grand Prix on April 27, but that may not be enough for the Spaniard.

“I always try to be in the best car,” Alonso said. “I’m at Renault now because I wanted to go back to winning, like in 2005 and 2006. If not this year, then next year. But I have an option to leave so I can still be in the best possible car, and it is clear that Ferrari’s is one of the best.”

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Alonso was linked with Ferrari following Felipe Massa’s poor showing in Sepang. “It’s early to talk about moves and rumors, but Massa has had two bad races with mistakes and that has kicked off speculation,” Alonso said. “It’s logical, but as I said, it’s too early.”

Renault managing director Flavio Briatore said it was a “waste of time to get involved in hypothetical daydreams.”

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