Alonso pledges future to Renault
Fernando Alonso insists he has no intention of quitting Renault and has vowed to take the French team back to the top of Formula One racing. The Spaniard, who has been linked with a move to Ferrari at the end of the season, says his contract does not include a clause allowing him to leave at the conclusion of this year's tournament.
Alonso, who only rejoined Renault last summer, has been tipped to replace Felipe Massa at Ferrari in 2009 after the Brazilian's poor start to the campaign.
But the 26-year-old says it is far too early to make any decisions over his future with just two races of the current season having been completed.
"I don't remember that clause and I signed for two years with Renault," said Alonso. "But as we saw last year the contracts are always very flexible."
Questioned on his commitment to staying at Renault, Alonso replied: "At the moment yes, because we have just started the championship.
"And okay, we are disappointed with our performances in the first two races, but it is not time to give up now, it is time to keep working as hard as we can," he added.
"And then we will see at the middle of the season or the end of the season where we are and for next year there is a big change of rules it seems, so aerodynamically there will be a big change with very little wings and we will have slick tyres again probably.
"So all this can change the picture again in F1, at the moment I am really convinced that we can do a good job, Renault and me together."
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