Fernando Alonso plans to be aggressive despite his lead in the title fight ? Formula 1 news
Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso has said that he will remain aggressive in the 2012 Formula 1 season ahead regardless of his strong lead in the title fight until now.
Alonso is currently at the top of the drivers? rankings with 179 points and has been deemed as the most favourite contender in the field.
Although, he has an impressive lead over his main rivals, Lewis Hamilton of McLaren, Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull Racing and Kimi Raikkonen of Lotus. However, he has said that he is not taking the season ahead easy and is trying his best to attack in the remaining races so as to be able to maintain his lead in the championship.
"I must face these seven races like a chaser and not a leader because there are 175 points up for grabs and 37 are nothing. It can all change in one race," Alonso said. "My only objective in Singapore is to win. I have to put on a perfect display right to the end."
In addition, when he was asked about his toughest rival, he said that he considers the Finnish driver, Raikkonen his strongest competitor.
"If I had to choose between Hamilton or Vettel, I would choose Raikkonen," he said.
Nonetheless, he said that the 2008 world champion is also the driver to beat as he has got the ability to perform well even with an uncompetitive car.
"Hamilton is the only one who is capable of winning without having the best car, which is evident as the others only win when they have a good car," he added.
Besides, he said that even though it is very hard to predict about the season ahead and the competition is very tight, nevertheless, he asserted that he is feeling contended with his race position in the season so far and is more relaxed as compared to the preceding year.
It will be important to mention that the two-time world champion has been called as the most competent driver by his teammate, Felipe Massa and it will be interesting to see how he comes up in the Singapore GP next week.
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