Fernando Alonso insists he is "very happy" to have a "strong opponent" to fight against at Ferrari this year. Some believe the Spaniard cannot possibly have supported the team's decision to replace the subordinate Felipe Massa with the former Ferrari champion Kimi Raikkonen. But Alonso insists Massa was no pushover. "Sometimes he was even faster than Michael Schumacher when they were together," he told the Welt am Sonntag newspaper. "But my four years were fantastic with Felipe, so I expect nothing other than my coming years with Kimi to be fantastic too." Finn Raikkonen had a poor race return with Ferrari in Australia, but Alonso tipped him to get...
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