Ferrari confirm Alonso signing

Ferrari have announced two-time world champion Fernando Alonso will join them next season, replacing Kimi Raikkonen. Ferrari said the Renault driver had signed a three-year contract and that he would partner Brazilian Felipe Massa. The Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali described Alonso, world champion in 2005 and 2006, as an "amazing talent". Raikkonen said: "I am very sad to be leaving a team with which I have spent three fantastic years." sports@thenational.ae