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Alonso fighting Vettel, not just Newey in 2013
A year ago, Fernando Alonso said he was not fighting Sebastian Vettel -- he was fighting Red Bull designer Adrian Newey.
The comments were interpreted as a jibe at F1's reigning world champion, but a year on, the Ferrari driver says he has changed his tune.
"Right now we are fighting against Sebastian," he is quoted by Germany's Auto Bild.
"I said in the second half of the year (2012) that I was not any more fighting against Sebastian or Mark (Webber), but against an aeroplane -- so strong was the Red Bull.
"Maybe some people misunderstood; I was simply trying to say that it's hard to fight against the car that can potentially be first and second in every race....
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