"In the four years with Ferrari this is the best (car) we've had, " Alonso said.
Four days later Ferrari announced he would drive for th em in place of the recuperating Felipe Massa for the remaining five races of the season.
His former arch rival in MotoGP, Italian legend Valentino Rossi has also been l inked in the past with a move to four wheels with Ferrari.
Until now, the only way to buy a Formula One Ferrari was on the secondary auction market or through Ferrari's exclusive, four-year-old F-1 Clienti program, to which clients must be invited by the company.
Dr. Ferrari: I went after the four biggest sectors that are significantly troubled.
The German ended Alonso's run of four consecutive wins with a Ferrari one-two at the last race at Indianapolis, cutting the gap to 19 points.
Four rival teams, led by Ferrari, had lodged an official appeal against that decision and if had been successful the results in Australia and Malaysia would have been altered to their advantage.
If Vettel finishes in the top four, then nothing Alonso and his Ferrari do on Sunday can keep him out of that rare company.
With the new-for-2014 launch-control system, the Vanquish is probably capable of hitting 60 miles per hour in about four seconds, as compared with the Ferrari's three flat.
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BMW's departure leaves four car manufacturers still competing in F1: Ferrari, Mercedes Benz, Toyota and Renault.
As Ferrari's star driver, Mr. Schumacher won four world championships, set the record for the most career Grand Prix victories and cemented his place as the greatest driver of all time.
Finnish driver Kimi Raikkonen finished second for the third straight race, with Alonso's Ferrari teammate Felipe Massa third as most drivers chose a four-stop strategy due to ongoing problem with Pirelli's fast-degrading tires.
The changes may also have much to do with Michael Schumacher's continued domination of F1 - the German, in the Ferrari, has won the drivers championship for the last four years and the first four races of this season.
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With a third of the race gone, Ferrari's pace was unrelenting and Alonso led Vettel by four seconds before pitting for the second time.
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso has targeted a third victory in four years in this weekend's Singapore Grand Prix but concedes that it will be "very hard" to achieve.
The first phase was halted after four minutes when Italian Giancarlo Fisichella spun and stalled his Ferrari, with the car having to be lifted off the track with a crane causing a 14-minute delay.
Just 0.087 seconds separated the top four as the Pole headed McLaren's Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and Red Bull's Mark Webber.
Although everyone in F1 agrees about Ferrari's status - including Mercedes driver Michael Schumacher - it is believed that the top four teams are reasonably closely matched.
The McLaren driver leads Ferrari's Felipe Massa by one point ahead of the forthcoming Singapore Grand Prix, with just four races remaining.
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