Fernando Alonso has echoed Luca di Montezemolo's calls for more testing and says he would like less races. Di Montezemolo has constantly requested a return to in-season testing while the testing ban was realize in 2009, with Ferrari owning its own test path at Fiorano.
Alonso said that the extensive nature of the Formula One calendar - with 20 races in 2012 - was too long for the drivers but that he would welcome some grands prix organism return by an occasion to test more. "Last year we had the last Grand Prix at the end of November and approximately right up to Christmas, there were proceedings I had to take division in," Alonso said.
"There's approximately only the end of year holiday when one can have a smash and I'll try to fit in a few more days among now and Melbourne to renew my batteries.
"Twenty races is a lot and it's not easy to uphold a maximum presentation level, both physical and mental, for the whole year. Maybe it would be improved to contain one or two less races and a few more test sessions."
There will only be three executive test sessions in 2013 - all coming before the first race in Australia - after last year's mid-season test at Mugello was plummeting.
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