Fernando Alonso is convinced he faces another nail-biting fight for the Formula One world title this season.
Alonso was pipped at the death last year by Sebastian Vettel, with the Spaniard denied a third world crown by a bungled call from his Ferrari team in the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
"If you race for Ferrari there is no other goal than fighting for the World Championship. That is the history of Ferrari, the power of Ferrari," said Alonso, who was speaking ahead of this Sunday's season-opening grand prix in Australia.
"This team and its history is about passion, motor racing and about winning. That is our aim, that is our goal for the 2011 campaign, trying to fight for the World Championship.
"At the end you can win, you can lose. It depends how competitive you are. It depends on many other factors as well. But we need to be there, and I am sure we will be until the last moment."
For now, Alonso simply intends to be firmly in the hunt throughout the opening few races in order to build a solid platform on which to build the remainder of his season.
"Right now it's impossible to determine the order or say who is competitive and who isn't before race one," added Alonso.
"On paper there are five, six teams capable of winning races and to fight for the championship.
"After three or four races you see maybe only two or three can really fight for the championship.
"The important thing for each team, and for us especially, is to do well and be competitive in these first three races, to be in that smaller group of two or three teams. But at the moment everything is very open."
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