- 09 Απρ 2015, 16:16
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Laurence Edmondson, ESPNF1 Deputy Editor
Fernando Alonso says only a Ferrari world title in 2015 would make him question his decision to move to McLaren-Honda this year.
After five years at Ferrari without a championship, Alonso moved back to McLaren - the team he left at the end of 2007 - to coincide with the arrival of its new engine partner Honda. Ferrari had gone the whole of 2014 without a victory, but in just its second race without Alonso it won at the Malaysian Grand Prix, raising questions over the Spaniard's decision to leave the team and join McLaren, which failed to finish with both cars in Malaysia.
Asked if he had any regrets about his move away from Ferrari, Alonso said: "It's a question that I expect, because Ferrari winning the second race and me out [of qualifying] before Q2 is a perfect moment to ask. But I spent five years at Ferrari and finished second three times and I didn't want to finish second a fourth time.
"If they win the championship at the end of the year then maybe I will have a different opinion, but if they finish second or third I think I am happy with the decision. There have been years when we have started very good with Ferrari - winning here [in China] in 2013 for example - and then when it counts in November we have never won [the championship]. I want to win in November and we will see."
Alonso said he no longer felt happy at Ferrari at the end of 2014 and needed to move team.
"I had five fantastic years and we came very close two times to win the championship, so I only have good memories and good feelings. But it was enough [for me] and to keep doing lap after lap and year after year was not any more my motivation.
"It's challenging [at McLaren] and I'm looking forward to starting a new team with a new project because this makes me happy and makes me full. I was not happy with my mind and my soul any more [at Ferrari]."
Alonso said victories alone no longer motivate him.
"Obviously I would like to win because we are sportsmen and we are all competitive. But thanks to the age and thanks to the moment of your career, you start looking for other things. I have been lucky to win championships and many grands prix, and now sometimes I feel more happy and more proud of my job and my team doing the things we are doing now than I do when we are winning a trophy.
"To win two or three grands prix or even a championship - things that are supposed to be the best reward for a sportsmen - there are some times that when you arrive to a maturity and state of mind that there are different priorities in life."
http://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/126 ... ren-switchΣτην αρχή λέει ότι βαρέθηκε να βγαίνει δεύτερος και ότι αν πάρει η Ferrari Πρωτάθλημα, τότε ίσως σκεφτεί πως έκανε λάθος που έφυγε. Στο τέλος όμως λέει ότι οι νίκες, ακόμα και οι Τίτλοι, δεν είναι τόσο σημαντικοί από μόνοι τους. Το γαρ πολύ της θλίψεως γεννά παραφροσύνη...
ΥΓ: Ε ρε και να έλεγε ο Κίμι ότι οι νίκες δεν μετράνε τι είχε να ακούσει από τους haters.
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