Fernando Alonso says he took great satisfaction from his margin of superiority over Ferrari teammate Felipe Massa this season, with the Spaniard seeing the gap as evidence that he was in his best form yet.
In an interview with Onda Cero radio, Alonso said that beating Massa by the margin that he did – with Alonso qualifying in front 15 times in 19 races and out-scoring his teammate by 108 points – showed he had raised his game in 2010.
"It's probably the biggest gap that I have ever had to a teammate, and that makes me happy because of the results that I've had over the past years," said Alonso. "My level of driving is better than ever and I hope I can keep it up next year."
The two-time World Champion added that he had put the disappointment of his last-gasp defeat in this year's title race behind him, and was now only thinking about the successes that he had achieved in his first season with Ferrari.
"Over the first few days you always think about the race," he said of the Abu Dhabi result. "Then you start to focus on your next goal. In any case, the balance of my first year with Ferrari is unbeatable.
"In 2009, I was on the podium once and Ferrari was only average with a car that was not too competitive. In 2010 we started pretty strongly in the first race, we won five grands prix and we scored a good amount of points. Everything has gone better than expected in this great family that is Ferrari. It has been a wonderful year for me."