Fernando Alonso says the way he outperformed Felipe Massa during the 2010 season showed that he was driving better than ever.
Ferrari driver says was at top of his game in 2010
Fernando Alonso says the way he outperformed Felipe Massa during the 2010 season showed that he was driving better than ever before.
The Ferrari driver, who missed out on the Formula One title at the final round of the season in Abu Dhabi, was faster than his Brazilian team-mate for the majority of the year.
Alonso finished with a final cushion of 108 points in the championship standings and out-qualified Massa in 15 out of the 19 races.
He also finished on the podium 10 times to Massa's five and won five races, something Massa did not manage to achieve.
"It's probably the biggest gap that I have ever had to a team-mate and that makes me happy because of the results that I've had over the past years," Alonso told
Onda Cero radio station.
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"My level of driving is better than ever and I hope I can keep it up next year."
Alonso headed into the final race as the leader in the points standings but a costly pit strategy mistake allowed Sebastian Vettel to take the title.
The double world champion says he is now over the disappointment and is instead focusing on the positives from his first year with Ferrari.
He added: "Over the first few days you always think about the (final) race. Then you start to focus on your next goal. In any case, the balance of my first year with Ferrari is unbeatable.
"In 2009 I was on the podium once and Ferrari was only average with a car that was not too competitive. In 2010 we started pretty strongly in the first race, we won five grands prix and we scored a good amount of points.
"Everything has gone better than expected in this great family that is Ferrari. It has been a wonderful year for me."
