Formula 1 - Canadian Grand Prix: Ferrari back on the ball.

A dying in Turkey Ferrari has shown another face in Canada. Alonso even on the podium and intends to continue its momentum in less than fifteen days in Valencia, host city of the European GP.

The contrast was striking. While the F10 had been conspicuously absent, two weeks ago in Turkey, we have stopped seeing red on the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on Sunday. If the first pictures of the race suggested an F10 with a sinking Massa playing bumper cars with Tonio Liuzzi (Force India) Is at the forefront Fernando Alonso shines red of his car most of the race.
Since the arrival of the Turkish Grand Prix, the men from Maranello worked hard to develop an F10 in great difficulty in Tuzla. There, Fernando Alonso had not even qualified for Q3 and Massa had hoisted his car in eighth position on the grid. The 7th and 8th places gained at the checkered flag had only limit the damage. But the lack of performance was crying and Stefano Domenicali, head of the Scuderia, had not hesitated to shake his troops.

Alonso: "We're back in the fight":
Obviously, the debriefing post Grand Prix has been heard and Ferrari has progressed. For proof, Fernando Alonso found the front rows during the qualifying session by signing the fourth time. The demotion of five places Webber (Red Bull) Actually allowed the Spaniard to nibble position. If the race of his teammate Felipe Massa was "Horrible, In his own words, Fernando Alonso was on him, delighted with his performance. "It's a great turnaround made by the teamHe explained on arrival. We were eighth in Turkey, 50 seconds McLaren. And then we fought for victory. We're back in the fray. "
The Spaniard could even have the win had he not been hampered by traffic. But coming in third place is already a great satisfaction for 'Nando'. "Not many people thought that we could aim for the podium in Canada. I lost my position because of traffic (Note: a Toro Rosso), then again for the benefit of Jenson (A Hispania, ed.) These two cases have cost ten points, 25 points to 15, said Alonso. The car was very competitive here. We had a good chance of winning. We proved that we were strong and there are still plenty of things to come in the second half of the season. We are very optimistic and always there to classification. " With 94 points, Alonso does indeed peak at 15 units Hamilton (McLaren), new championship leader.
In less than two weeks in Valencia, Ferrari will face a different challenge on an urban plan that calls for qualities other than those interviews in Montreal. We will then know more about the ability of F10 to be competitive with its rivals. Fernando Alonso has in any case his fans for the support. "This is my second home race after Barcelona. I hope to perform well and climb back on the podium. I've never won a podium in Valencia, it would be nice to my audience."