Alonso Says He’s Not Frustrated with Renault Form

Despite persistent rumors about his joining forces with Ferrari, and his team’s lack of pace in the early going, Renault’s Fernando Alonso insists that he isn’t frustrated by less than stellar results in the first two races of the season.

While Alonso managed a fourth place finish in the crash-riddled Australian Grand Prix, he struggled to eighth at last weekend’s Malaysian race. That finish had the Spanish driver talking about the superiority of the Ferrari cars, and many pundits guessing that an early exit from Renault was in the cards.

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But Alonso seems to be taking a long view of the situation, believing that Renault will improve with time. “It is something I knew from the winter testing,” he said, “We are not at the level of the top teams, so we need to keep improving.”

For now the Renault driver seems to be preaching patience saying, “It is not the time to give up. It is the time to work even harder than the others, and try to recover the gap. So let’s see in the coming races, in the coming months, if we can do a good job with the car and make it more competitive.”

Will Renault be challenging for podium finishes later this season, or is the team too far behind to hope for anything but long-term success? Give us your insight in comments.

+ Autosport: Alonso not frustrated by Renault form

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