Fernando Alonso pledges his long-term future to Ferrari in wake of Red Bull rumours

Fernando Alonso has reiterated his commitment to Ferrari and desire to end his Formula 1 career with what he still believes is the "best team in the world".

While the prospect of a third world title win, which has eluded him since he claimed his second crown with Renault in 2006, is fast fading this season, Alonso said next year's big rules overhaul presented Ferrari with a chance to exercise a power shift at the top of the grid. "We are not achieving at the moment the results that we want but we are working very hard," he added. "Next year will be completely new rules which obviously open the door for many teams to stop the domination that Red Bull seems to have in the last couple of years. So we have high hopes for next year's challenge." In regards to his new cycling project, Alonso admitted he had "used two or three batteries on the telephone every day" to complete the deal with his business partners but made clear that "all the decisions and all the work that we need to do will be passed to other people". Alonso and Ferrari's pressing F1 concern is how they check Vettel's momentum in the title race, the German heading into the Italian GP with a 46-point advantage over his perennial rival. Stefano Domenicali revealed last week that, depending on their title chances, Ferrari planned to shift all of their development focus onto the 2014 car after the next race in Singapore. Asked if he therefore needed to win at both Monza and Marina Bay to avoid the team effectively throwing in the towel on their 2013 challenge, Alonso stressed a more realistic goal was to try and simply finish ahead of Vettel. "I don't think two wins is something that we can put like a target. We won two grands prix until now in the championship, so it would be a bit too optimistic if we really think that we can win the next two races," he conceded. "We will try to do so and hope for the best but the more realistic targets are to finish in front of Sebastian. That's a target that we wanted to do in the last couple of grands prix, we didn't arrive to a situation to close the gap - we only closed the gap in Silverstone when he retired - so we need to change this situation and we will be happy finishing in front of him here in Monza and Singapore. "And finishing in front of Sebastian means being on the podium, minimum, because we know how strong he is and how competitive Red Bull will be. So two podiums and finishing in front of Sebastian is the target for these two next grands prix." However, should Ferrari fail in that quest, Alonso admitted it made sense to then shift complete focus. "If we cannot do so, if we keep losing points, obviously we have to start thinking also in the 2014 programme because it will only be six or seven races remaining with massive points [deficit]. So important weeks coming for sure," he added.