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Alonso confident Ferrari will fire for race

MANAMA, April 20, 2013 (AFP) - Spanish driver Fernando Alonso said third place on the grid for Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix was no problem - because he is sure his car will be much faster in race trim than it was in qualifying. The two-time world champion, winner of last weekend's Chinese Grand Prix, wound up third-fastest behind surprise pole-sitter German Nico Rosberg of Mercedes and three-time defending world champion and championship leader Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull. But after qualifying third and winning in Shanghai, in a race of intense cat-and-mouse strategy built around tyre-preservation, he said he was sure a place on the second row of the grid with his team-mate Felipe...
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