- Double F1 world champion talks to CNN about 2014 season, tech changes and Schumacher
- Spaniard says Ferrari's new F14 T is showing "some good signs" but there is "a lot of work to do"
- The 32-year-old will race alongside Kimi Raikkonen at Ferrari this season
- Alonso concedes new noses are "ugly" and that cars need to be "fast and beautiful"
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(CNN) -- Fernando Alonso could be forgiven for exuding an air of misty-eyed contentment as he sits among his own motorsport memorabilia at Madrid's Canal Art Center.
Visitors have been poring over the Spaniard's silverware, cars and kit ever since the exhibition celebrating his near 30-year career opened last December. But he insists now is not the time for reminiscing.
"If you ask me this question in 10 years' time I will tell you less, because two championships are more than I could dream," the Formula One driver told CNN.
"If you ask me right now and I am in a middle of a competition, I am hungry for victories; hungry for success -- I will tell you that two championships are not enough."
Since winning his second world F1 title for Renault in 2006, Alonso has endured a frustrating time on the track. A three-year deal with McLaren ended prematurely after one season following a souring of relations with team boss Ron Dennis and his driving partner Lewis Hamilton.
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Driving your own F1 car A return to Renault in 2008 saw him slip from third place to fifth in the drivers' championship -- a season that will be forever remembered for the so-called affair -- and a year later Alonso registered just one podium and finished ninth overall in his worst showing since debuting for Minardi in 2001.
The switch to Ferrari in 2010 has been more productive, yielding 11 grand prix wins and 31 podiums in 77 starts. But a third world title has remained just out of reach -- the 32-year-old has finished second to Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel in three of the past four seasons.
But it's anyone's guess what might happen this year, with all teams and drivers grappling with a new car following a complete overhaul of F1's technical regulations.
With the first pre-season testing session now complete, Ferrari have learned much about their new-look F14 T.
Alonso finished second fastest on the final day in Jerez, Spain and completed the second most number of laps overall. By contrast, reigning champions Red Bull managed just 20 laps over all four days.
"These were four very demanding and important days to give us something to work on over the coming days in Maranello," team principal Stefano Domenicali told Ferrari F1's official website.
"The important thing is to do as many laps as possible to give our engineers the data they need to continue with the development of the car. It would be premature to make any precise evaluations," he added.
Alonso agrees saying it's too early to judge how the Italian team might fair this season.
Fernando Alonso
"We are discovering every day new things about the car and new possibilities, so I think the potential is there," he said.
"The car has some good signs and, let's say, the philosophy that the car has been designed is just what we are seeing now on the data. So there is nothing wrong, nothing to be pessimistic about, but a lot of work to do."
Lower noses, raised eyebrows
Along with smaller engines -- 1.6-liter V6 turbos replace 2.4-liter V8s -- come smaller fuel tanks (100 kilos compared to around 150 last year) and a range of chassis alterations. The most obvious of these changes has been the lower nose cone, which is now a maximum height of 185 millimeters compared to last season's 550 millimeters.
Alonso concedes it's a bit of cosmetic surgery that all teams have struggled with aesthetically.
"They are ugly, yeah. We have to be honest with that, you know, with our fans and ourselves first of all.
Ferrari will pit two world champions against each other in 2014 as Kimi Raikkonen (left) returns to join Fernando Alonso. The pairing could be one of the most sensational in the history of Formula One. 
Raikkonen's high-flying F1 career began in 2001 with Sauber. Here the team treats him to a ride with the Royal Australian Air Force before his debut in the Australian Grand Prix. 
Raikkonen (left) was one of many talented drivers making their F1 debut in 2001, along with future McLaren teammate Juan Pablo Montoya and Alonso (right). 
Raikkonen celebrates his maiden grand prix win in Malaysia in 2003. He had moved to McLaren, where he would spend five years, twice finishing as runner-up in the drivers' championship. 
After joining Ferrari, Raikkonen won a dramatic Brazilian Grand Prix to seize the 2007 title by a single point from his McLaren rivals Lewis Hamilton and Alonso. 
Raikkonen celebrated his title with Ferrari but two years later the Italian team chose to stick with Felipe Massa as it juggled its lineup. The team ended the Finn's contract in order to bring in Alonso, a double world champion with Renault, for 2010. 
Raikkonen quit F1 in 2009 after losing his Ferrari seat, and spent two years tinkering with a different breed of cars in the World Rally Championship. 
After a two-year hiatus, Raikkonen returned to F1 with the rebranded Lotus team, formerly Renault. As well as winning two races, the 33-year-old has won new fans with his laidback style. 
Following Raikkonen's decision to leave Lotus in 2013, the team revealed it had chosen to spend its money on developing the car rather than paying the Finn's wages. The 'Ice Man' of F1 
Mercedes is running a message of support for Michael Schumacher on its 2014 Formula One car. The Mercedes, piloted by Lewis Hamilton, was the first 2014 car to take to the track as winter testing opened in Jerez, Spain. 
It's back to work for Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, who is chasing a fifth world title when the F1 season begins in March. 
Team Red Bull launches its new car at the Jerez track in Spain on the morning of the opening winter test, when teams find out if their new cars are fast and reliable. 
Ferrari unveiled their latest F1 car -- the F14 T -- on Saturday. The Italian team is also running a message of support for Schumacher on its livery. 
British F1 team McLaren have also declared their hand, revealing the MP4-29 at their Surrey base on Friday. 
A sideview of the MP4-29 which will be raced by 2009 world champion Jenson Button and rookie Kevin Magnussen. 
Sauber revealed its new car and the Swiss team said in a statement: "Perhaps the most visually striking element of the Sauber C33-Ferrari is the very low, snout-like nose." F1 teams unveil new cars for 2014 season 
Montezemolo: 'Alonso 8 out of 10' "So probably we will get used to these new aesthetics, let's say, but the first moment they are not good enough because people look at Formula One like excellence of motor sport, of aerodynamics, excellence of performance and technology -- and when you see those front part of the car, it doesn't look like all the things we've been saying.
"So I think we will find different solutions. I'm sure the engineers are clever enough to make the car fast and also beautiful."
Un-Finn-ished business
Alonso will also be forging a new partnership with new teammate Kimi Raikkonen this season.
The flying Finn, who won his only world title driving for Ferrari in 2007, makes up one half of the most interesting Formula One pairings in recent times, and one which will test both men's skills on the track and their powers of diplomacy off it.
"I think he's very talented so that is a huge help and a huge motivation for myself first and also for the team, because the team knows it has to deliver a good car because Kimi will deliver a good result," Alonso said.
"I know I need to deliver my best, if not I cannot be in front of Kimi, so that is only good and positive news for Ferrari."
Positive news for Ferrari, and everyone involved in F1, would be any improvement in the condition of Michael Schumacher.
Fernando Alonso
The German's agent Sabine Kehm announced last week that the 45-year-old, who has been in a medically-induced coma for over a month, was having his sedation reduced to start the "waking-up process."
Schumacher, who won five of his seven world titles with Ferrari, suffered severe head trauma in a skiing accident at the French Alps on December 29.
"I think we are (all) still in shock, after nearly one month," Alonso said.
"The day that I received the news I could not believe it, to be honest, because he is not a man that you think will have any problem.
"He was the man that can beat anything and can win any race and can do anything without any worries, so to see him and to see the accident...
"We are all hoping every day to have some good news coming from the hospital ... all (the) drivers have huge respect because he was the man that motivated us and he was the man who we were looking at when we were go-kart drivers."
Alonso's quest for a third drivers' championship title begins in Melbourne on March 16.
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