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Alonso content to race alongside Massa

Fernando Alonso insists that he has no worries ahead of partnering Felipe Massa at Ferrari next year. The Spaniard and Brazilian have a track record of battles, mostly during the 2007 season, although the former predicts the situation as being 'absolutely fine'.

Alonso clinched the Drivers' title for Renault in 2005 and 2006

The most memorable of Alonso/Massa duels to date is that of the 2007 European Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, in which Alonso's McLaren passed Massa's Ferrari for the lead with only a handful of laps to go before the pair were seen to be arguing in Italian before appearing on the podium.

Alonso, however, has confidence in his new team-mate. "Yes, I think it will work," he told the BBC at Suzuka. "Felipe, as we know, is a great driver - a very quick driver but also has a good personality.

"It will be absolutely fine and we both will work for the team to score points for the team; I think Ferrari is maybe the only team that is on top of any driver that drives in that car."

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