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Consistency vital, stresses Alonso
01 June 2009Fernando Alonso has stressed the importance of picking up points in every Grand Prix of the season. Experiencing a tough start to the campaign this year, the Renault driver is currently seventh in the championship although, having finished on the podium fifty times in his career, fully understands the importance of consistent results.
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After a wheel-banging Monaco Grand Prix last year, Alonso enjoyed a calmer afternoon in 2009 on his way to seventh place and two World Championship points. "It was a tough race, just as it always is in Monaco, and very demanding mentally," the Spaniard said. "Starting ninth made it difficult to do much in the race and - even with a good strategy - we only managed to make up a couple of positions as the traffic did not work out well for us.
"To score two points is probably the best result that was possible on the day, although the car felt good and improved during the race. It's important that we continue scoring points at every race as they will all be important at the end of the year." Having moved from Renault to McLaren as double World Champion of 2005 and 2006, Fernando returned to the French team last year to claim two race victories in Singapore and Japan. This weekend sees F1 return to Turkey, where Alonso's best Istanbul result of second was recorded in both of his championship-winning seasons.
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"It's a fun circuit with good overtaking opportunities, especially Turn 12 at the end of the back straight," he continued. "There are also fast sections and some special corners like the long left-hander of Turn 8, which is one of the most exciting of the year."
Hoping for a top eight result on Sunday, Fernando is looking forward to receiving several new pieces for the R29 in the near future. "It's clear that we need to take another step forward," he concluded. "We will have new developments for the car over the next few weeks and that should help, but I'm not expecting to jump to the front of the grid in Turkey; however, I still believe that - later in the year - we can be back fighting for podiums and winning races, just as we did last year. We know it won't be easy but the whole team is extremely motivated and determined to get back to the front."
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