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Fernando Alonso says he believes that McLaren will play fair in Brazil by treating him and Lewis Hamilton equally - but has reiterated his belief that the team is conspiring against him
The World Champion will travel to Brazil in two weeks' time just four points adrift of his McLaren colleague after finishing second in the Chinese GP while Hamilton crashed out after being told to stay out on badly-worn tyres. Had roles been reversed, a diplomatic incident may have ensued. For while the Spaniard expects McLaren to provide equality, he remains insistent that they favour Hamilton. "I'm sure there's going to be equality. One thing is how they feel, what they say about me, but what they do on track is a different thing, and usually they have had two cars that are exactly same, capable of fighting for victory," he assured reporters. "And that's what I think will happen in Brazil, so everything will be up to me. "The second half of the season has been difficult and it still is, but I think in the end the two cars will be the same. They are going to give us both the same opportunities, I think we need to make that clear. "There's no problem there, but we know they are never going to have favourable feelings towards me." Compared to some of Alonso's complaints this weekend, his latest grievance was tame. On Thursday, he pointedly refused to refute suggestions that the team had 'doctored' his car, while on Friday he complained that he could not trust Ron Dennis. After qualifying on Saturday, when he returned to the McLaren motorhome to smash a door in frustration, his comments verged on the slanderous: "I was expecting a lot more from the team. It's better to be silent than to lie - and that's something he [Dennis] should do more often. Many of the scandals McLaren have been involved in off the track this year have been created by his things." Even after collecting second place in Shanghai, Alonso was unrepentant about his criticism. "Yesterday I did not say anything that is not true," he insisted. "The team has been saying many bad things about me, from Spa onwards especially, so the relationship didn't change too much." 
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Fernando Alonso says he believes that McLaren will play fair in Brazil by treating him and Lewis Hamilton equally - but has reiterated his belief that the team is conspiring against him
Having already won the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari are still on track to add the Drivers' title to their list with Kimi Raikkonen seven points behind Lewis Hamilton and four adrift of Fernando Alonso in the standings. Raikkonen therefore needs the win, or at worst second place, and for his team-mate Felipe Massa to run interference if he hopes to clinch his first-ever Drivers' title. "If we look at the next race, we don't have any other choice than to be aggressive in a way, so we need to think that we need to achieve first and second and then that's it," said the Scuderia's sporting director Stefano Domenicali. "That, for sure, will be our strategy. "The most important thing is that we are really working very well together and we know that the only thing we need is to be feet on the ground and try to respond with the results, and that's it, and that is the reason why we are here. "So it's good to back in Brazil with the chance to win also the second Championship, that's for sure." Domenicali also believes putting a bit of extra pressure on the already over-stressed shoulders of the McLaren drivers won't do Ferrari's chances of winning any harm. "It's already difficult because we need to be first and second and then we will see, but for sure, with all due respect, we understand that the pressure is high on both of their drivers," he said. "The only thing that I can say is to focus on our job and that's it to be honest. We respect the work of the others but what we are going to do is to try to put pressure on them, that's for sure."
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