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Alonso hopes to win in Melbourne

Last season Fernando Alonso, still Renault F1 driver, qualified himself in third for the Australian Grand Prix and won the race. This year the Spaniard hopes to start from pole position and win the Grand Prix.

On Friday a new Formula 1 season will start in Melbourne. Fernando Alonso will have his first official practice session with his new team McLaren. Alonso's expectations for the upcoming weekend are clear. "I hope to be first on the grid and repeat the result for sure," he said on Thursday in Melbourne. "To be honest, I've always had very very good races here in Melbourne. In 2005 I started 16th, I think, and finished third. Last year I won here. But I think this year we arrive with a very interesting championship, very open in the first races, probably."

"Ferrari has been the strongest, especially the last part of the winter, but last year we saw in some tests that Ferrari was very very quick in August, September and then we arrived at races and everything was really really close between all of us, but as Felipe said before, I think the races are very very different. The important thing is our team will be there in the fight and then it's up to us to do the job."

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