Fernando Alonso declares Ferrari can focus on winning from second & third at Sepang
Spaniard uncharacteristically bullish over victory chances
Sunday 24 March 2013 06:55, UK
Fernando Alonso has declared for the first time in 2013 that Ferrari can "think about the win" after achieving their best qualifying result for nearly two years at Sepang.
Indeed, Massa's continued revival means Ferrari are posied to make a two-pronged assault on the sole front-running Red Bull right from the off in Sunday's 56-lap race. For his part, the in-form Brazilian returns to the frontrow of the grid for first time since the 2010 Bahrain GP - which was his first race back after his head injury from the previous year. And while he appears to have picked up a sore throat since last weekend's season-opener, Massa was still in very upbeat mood for Sunday. "I'm very confident. We did a great qualifying, we did a great job in both races [so far this season]," he said. "The strategy didn't work so well in the last race but I was inside the decision as well, so I hope we do everything possible to make a good strategy this time. "But also a good start, a good race, consistent and concentrate on putting the car in a great position at the end of the race like we have done in the qualifying. "But I'm very happy, I'm comfortable in the car and I think this shows if the car is like I want I can be competitive like I've shown many times."