Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso has revealed that he hopes he can drive on the same team as Felipe Massa for many years to come.

Massa – who is Alonso’s current team-mate at Ferrari – has been linked with a move away when his current contract expires at the end of the 2012 Formula 1 season.

However, despite reports that Lewis Hamilton could move to Ferrari in the future, Alonso revealed his ambition to drive alongside Massa for the forseeable future.

He said: “I am very happy with Felipe and I hope to be with him for many years.”

As for the links with Hamilton, Alonso – who is contracted with Ferrari until 2016 – says that whoever joins him in the future will be worked with productively for the sake of the team.

The Spaniard continued: “If another driver comes there will be no problem, we would work the same way for the team. And if Hamilton comes, the same. If we were team-mates in another team it would be a much cleaner and real fight.”

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