Angry Fernando Alonso accuses press of 'trying to create tension' at Ferrari

Fernando Alonso has accused the media of "trying to create tension" between himself and Ferrari in the wake of the latest furore that engulfed the Scuderia at Monza.

The increasing focus on the Alonso-Ferrari relationship has added further intrigue to the Scuderia's deliberations over their second driver for 2014, with increasingly strong rumours suggesting they are considering re-signing Kimi Raikkonen. Any return to Maranello for Raikkonen, the last driver to win the World Championship for Ferrari, would represent a dramatic change in recent policy for Ferrari given Alonso has been their clear number one driver since arriving in 2010. Ferrari are expected to make a decision over the identity of Alonso's 2014 team-mate this coming week and the Spaniard has made clear he would be more than happy for Massa to stay on. Asked by Sky Sports F1 if he felt the other contenders for the seat would prove as helpful to him as the Brazilian has, Alonso replied: "I think so because this is Ferrari. There is not any super power in terms of driver decision or anything like that, it's the same for Felipe and it's the same for myself if it arrives the moment that I need to help another team-mate to win the championship. "We will see what happens. It's a team decision. Obviously I have huge respect for Felipe so I don't want to talk about any [other] names. If the team decide to keep Felipe I will be only happy."