Alonso: “Mercedes strongest in 2015”

It's an Fernando Alonso with very clear ideas the one who showed up at Montmelo for the first pre-season tests.

Having archived the rumor of a possible retirement in the event of a lack of competitiveness of his MP4-31 with "I signed a three-year contract", the Spaniard threw down the gauntlet a bit like Bersani by stating: "I'm not here to shoot the world and have fun on Sundays. My only goal is to win."

A long-awaited success, yes, but very difficult to achieve as he himself confessed to the Marca newspaper due to Mercedes' supremacy: "In two days they were able to cover so many laps that I believe they will prove to be even stronger in the race than before, however I am confident that McLaren will be the one to break this dominance."

Finally questioned about the sudden departure of the person in charge of the Honda Yasuhisa Arai in favour of Yusuke Hasegawa the Bushi from Oviedo declared: “I found out in the afternoon while I was getting into the car. We'll see what the change brings."

Chiara Rainis