Alonso: No package can close the gap

Alonso admits it's pretty much hopeless for Renault this year

Two time world champion Fernando Alonso will have to set his sights lower this year. Instead of winning the pole position he only became tenth in Qualifying in Bahrain. “That was a nice surprise", he said when interviewed by the Motorsport Magazine adrivo.com. He hopes to be able to score some points tomorrow, but nothing more.

“If everybody finishes the race in front of us it will be difficult to gain some positions", he emphasizes. “That is a little bit frustrating but that’s how it is." At the next race in Spain Renault will use a new aerodynamic package which should allow them to reduce the gap between them and Williams and Toyota. “But McLaren, BMW and Ferrari are still too fast for us – no package can make up one second. We hope that things will improve", Alonso told adrivo.com, “but we are also aware of the fact that we can only make up 2 or 3 positions." There is still a long way to go. adrivo.com Motorsport Magazin