Fernando Alonso to Ferrari.com: "Very happy and proud"

Fernando Alonso, just announced as the new driver of Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro, who will join Felipe Massa from 2010, declared to Ferrari.com: "I am very happy and proud to become a Ferrari driver. Driving a Prancing Horse single-seater is a dream for all those who do this job and today I am lucky enough to be able to do it. For this I would like to first of all thank the President of Ferrari Luca di Montezemolo, who strongly supported this three-year agreement. Already during the summer we had reached an agreement to starting from 2011 but then, in the last few days, the situation has changed and we have decided to bring forward the arrival in Maranello by a year.

The years spent at Renault were fantastic: together we managed to win four world titles (two Drivers and the same number of Constructors) and, to date, 21 Grands Prix. I wish the team all the luck possible and we hope to be able to achieve good results in the last races of this championship. After that, all my energies will be dedicated to next season: I'm sure that, together with Felipe, we will be able to give great satisfaction to Ferrari and its fans around the world. I can't wait to get to work with my new team. "