Alonso believes in Renault

Fernando Alonso has no doubt that Renault can turn their season around.

“I believe in this team and we saw last year that they know how to fight back and find performance from the car," he argued.

"It's still very early days and everyone in the team is working hard to develop the R29 so that we can be more competitive in the next few races. I was disappointed not to score points in Malaysia as my aim is to score points at every race this season.

"Obviously it's difficult to change the car until we get back to Europe, but we have learnt a lot from the first two races and we certainly made progress in Malaysia.

"We need to take another step forward in Shanghai and hopefully score points."