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Alonso said he thinks the Mercedes and McLaren cars qualified higher than him on Saturday because they are better for the moment, but he is not sure about Red Bull, whose Daniel Ricciardo will start Sunday’s race from second place.
“Red Bull did not finish any race simulations in pre-season testing,” he said, “so I think we should finish ahead of them.”
More broadly, Alonso said it is clear that in his fifth consecutive campaign with Ferrari, he wants to finally win the title in 2014.
“I have been often the championship runner-up and nobody wants that,” he told Germany’s Welt am Sonntag newspaper.
“But on the other hand, I have had the best four years of my life.
“My personal performance has never been so good, sometimes perfect and against very strong opponents. That gives me the same satisfaction as if I had won the world title.”
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