After a trying start to the Championship, Ferrari arrived in Istanbul with several upgrades for their 150° Italia, including a new front and rear wing.Alonso proved to be quickest in the wet during the morning session while his team-mate Felipe Massa was the lead Ferrari in the dry during the afternoon, taking sixth place.
Alonso, though, could only manage P11 after suffering a reported hydraulic problem that kept him in the pits for a while. And when he did venture out, his car broke down at the entrance to the pit lane.
"It's difficult to evaluate right now because we just finished practice, but the car felt good," said the double World Champion.
"Felt okay this morning, felt okay this afternoon. We had some mechanical issues in my car, but nothing too worrying. So we'll see tomorrow.
"In terms of performance as I said it's difficult to evaluate after a Friday, you never know what the others are doing as well, but we did a step forward. We need to see how big it was.
"All the improvements we've brought here are aerodynamic parts, obviously what you feel in the car is a little bit more overall grip. If it's down to the tyres, to the improvements, to the track conditions, or everybody's feeling a good grip, we don't know.
"It's too early to say, but we'll wait for tomorrow. The target is to be fighting with them.
"I think Mercedes also improved a lot, they are quick. Renault I think also, they will also be competitive. So it's tough. I think two or three tenths, you can be fourth or fifth, or ninth, so we just need to make our best tomorrow.
"We need to take out the best of the car, the maximum potential we have, and be in front of all these people."
Source: Planet-F1
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