Ferrari test driver Marc Gene has played down reports Fernando Alonso could be considering a move for 2015.<\/p>\n
Spaniard Alonso, regarded as perhaps the very best driver in F1 today, has been mentioned along with fellow champions Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton as McLaren seeks a truly top driver to spearhead its new Honda era beginning next year.<\/p>\n
Indeed, having hinted recently that Jenson Button will be re-signed, McLaren team boss Eric Boullier is now wavering.<\/p>\n
“It is a question where I cannot say yes and I cannot say no,” he told reporters this week.\u00a0 “We are evaluating and assessing every strategy for the future.”<\/p>\n
Alonso’s single year at McLaren in 2007 ended more than acrimoniously, but team sources have made clear nothing would stand in the way of a reunion with Ron Dennis some eight years later.<\/p>\n
The 32-year-old has often sounded frustrated by his title-less five-year stint in red, culminating in yet another disappointing campaign for the start of the new turbo V6 era this season.<\/p>\n
McLaren-Honda would be a fresh start and a blank canvas for Alonso’s ambition of adding a third title to his tally.<\/p>\n
“It is something I am working for and hoping for,” he told the BBC earlier this month.\u00a0 “It is not that I’m not happy with two but the third puts you in a list of very important names.<\/p>\n
“I think I can carry on long enough to win and to be competitive for some good years,” added Alonso.\u00a0 “I don’t know how many — three, five, seven.\u00a0 I don’t think it should be any problem.”<\/p>\n
As far as Ferrari test driver and fellow Spaniard Marc Gene is concerned, however, Alonso is perfectly happy at Maranello.<\/p>\n
“Si, si (yes, yes),” he told Spanish publications this week.<\/p>\n
“I think since 2010 we have seen the best of Fernando.\u00a0 In 2010, 2012 or this year his driving is perfect,” Gene added.<\/p>\n
“He is definitely the best driver there is right now in F1; the most complete.\u00a0 And it’s a shame this has not been reflected in more titles — at least two.\u00a0 He deserved them.<\/p>\n
“That said, he is happy at Ferrari; he could not be in a better place,” Gene added.<\/p>\n
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