{"id":15804,"date":"2012-04-16T04:26:13","date_gmt":"2012-04-16T08:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=15804"},"modified":"2012-04-16T04:26:13","modified_gmt":"2012-04-16T08:26:13","slug":"alonso-expecting-more-ferrari-misery-in-bahrain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/alonso-expecting-more-ferrari-misery-in-bahrain\/","title":{"rendered":"Alonso expecting more Ferrari misery in Bahrain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite winning in Malaysia last month, Fernando Alonso is expecting a miserable weekend in Bahrain.<\/p>\n

\"Fernando-Alonso\"On the back of his surprise Sepang victory, the Spaniard qualified and finished just ninth in China, and he is not expecting a better Ferrari until next month’s return to European grands prix.<\/p>\n

“Obviously, this (result) does not leave me very optimistic for Bahrain, on a track where traction and speed are vital, exactly the areas where we are weakest,” said Alonso in Shanghai.<\/p>\n

Even more bluntly, he said the Maranello based team is “far behind” the pacesetters because the F2012 has “big problems” in aerodynamics.<\/p>\n

But the bright side, Alonso insisted, is that the field of 2012 is oddly tightly bunched.<\/p>\n

“If we improve two, three tenths then we can jump several opponents,” he is quoted by Brazil’s O Estado de S.Paulo.<\/p>\n

“The fight now is for fractions of seconds.”<\/p>\n

After Ferrari and Sauber were quick in Malaysia, Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg dominated in China — but many in the paddock still believe McLaren has the quickest car overall.<\/p>\n

Indeed, Jenson Button is ruing a team mistake – a cross-threaded wheel nut during a pitstop – that he says cost him a shot at Shanghai victory.<\/p>\n

“There can’t be many more mistakes if you want to compete for a championship, definitely not,” he said.<\/p>\n

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