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Fernando Alonso rules out podium finish at home race

dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">   BARCELONA, 8th May 2014 (F1 Plus / Rosie Baillie) - Fernando Alonso has ruled out a podium finish at this home race. The Spaniard said that he would be lying if he said he was fighting for a podium finish and didn’t want to disappoint them. “We cannot start the weekend thinking to be on the podium. Or thinking to win the race. That will be creating false targets for everyone who will come here.” Alonso said during the Drivers Press Conference. “We will do our best but we know it is going to be a tough weekend and it’s not going to be easy.” “But you never know, this is sport...
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