Alonso: In the same car I can beat anyone

Fernando Alonso has scored 32 Formula 1 victories in his career, but he has not won since the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix and was last on the podium in 2014, however the Spaniard is adamant that he can beat any driver with equal equipment.

Speaking to Sky Sport he said, "I always feel confident about beating anyone. I don't believe that I'm better than anyone on pure speed in qualifying, I don't think I'm better than anyone in wet conditions, dry conditions, qualifying, race."

"But if you put me in the same car at the same moment and same track as anyone. I think that I will beat them. Maybe I'm not best of all sections, but overall I will beat them," mused the double world champion.

After five years at Ferrari, he returned to McLaren since the beginning of 2015 where the 34 year old from Oviedo has endured two frustrating seasons in a well below par race car, but when asked if he could add a third F1 world title to his collection Alonso was adamant, "Yes, definitely."

He is clearly no fan of the new era Formula 1 hybrid turbo cars and rules, "Right now I don't think that we are enjoying driving as much as we should do. We cannot be seven or eight seconds slower than 10 years ago. This is not fun to drive."

"You are always saving - saving tyres, saving fuel, saving batteries - it is the opposite of our instinct. I hope next year it returns to a more normal driving style," added Alonso alluding to proposed new rules aimed at speeding up Formula 1 and shifting the onus of performance more towards drivers and away from engineers on the pit wall.