Fernando Alonso hopeful over Ferrari's Canada upgrade and says they'll 'get stronger'

Fernando Alonso says Ferrari have "good hopes" for their Canadian GP upgrade package and is confident they are "moving in the right direction" following the arrival of team boss Marco Mattiacci.

Even if Ferrari's Montreal upgrade does prove sizeable, however, it is unlikely to be enough to topple dominant Mercedes in normal conditions, the Brackley outfit favourites to continue their unbeaten start to F1's new era this weekend. Although Alonso sits third in the Drivers' Championship, he trails both Mercedes drivers by more than the points equivalent of two race victories, while Ferrari are a massive 162 points adrift in the constructors' standings. However, the two-times World Champion insists the team's focus won't yet be shifting to the 2015 car and they will only continue to improve under "very clever" Mattiacci's leadership. "Whether these updates provide us the result we want, or we don't, we just need to keep working in both sides," he argued. "This year because we need to keep fighting for important things, second place in the Constructors' Championship and all the targets that we want to achieve, and then for next year. "In a way we cannot do something this year that compromises next year's time with the car. We have to keep developing in 2014 because many things you carry on for next year's car, but if there's something fundamental that requires a lot of time on the 2015 project obviously we need to take time on that project. "I'm not worried to be honest. From the arrival of Marco Mattiacci I think it's moving in the right direction. He has good vision, a good and very clever approach and either for this year or for next year we're just going to be stronger and stronger."