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Alonso: Ferrari will beat Williams

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Fernando Alonso has no doubts Ferrari can overhaul Williams for third in the constructors' championship before the end of 2014.

Ferrari is currently nine points down on Williams, having made ground with a strong team result in Singapore. Despite Williams being equipped with the superior Mercedes power unit Alonso believes Ferrari has what it takes to keep up the fight this year.

"We are Ferrari, we are much more than a normal team," Alonso said. "So we just have to keep working hard and whatever is the performance of the car, whatever our advantage or disadvantage over Williams we will fight until the last lap of the last race because there are a lot of points in the table.

"There is Abu Dhabi with double points and there is a lot of opportunities that we will have to close that gap. I'm confident that at the end of the championship we will beat Williams."

Ferrari struggled at Spa and Monza, especially, two tracks which suited Williams, but Alonso thinks the worst is now behind the Maranello outfit.

"We passed Spa and Monza, which were difficult tracks for us - we knew that. Williams managed to maximise those points and they did a good job."

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