Racing in front of his home fans, Alonso needs to finally win one for Spain.
A change in fortune for Ferrari this weekend would not go amiss as the race in Canada was a case of whatever could go wrong did go wrong after their best qualifying performance of the 2011 F1 season.
Ferrari's ace driver, Fernando Alonso, has not had much luck in the European Grand Prix, since winning it with Renault in 2007. The Spaniard is convinced he is long overdue a better run in front of his home fans in Valencia.
After his last two races proved competitive but frustrating due to safety car periods, the double 
world champion remains tantalizingly close to a first win of the year.
He might have done it in Monaco, but the race was stopped as he was poised to challenge Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel for the lead, and then in Montreal he lost out in a collision with Jenson Button, McLaren-Mercedes' eventual winner.
"I know that our fans are eagerly awaiting our first win of the season and I can assure you that the same goes for us," the Spaniard told the Ferrari website ahead of the eighth round of the season.
"At the last two races, we showed we were clearly capable of...''
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