Alonso stayed with Ferrari for 2014.
He began preparing for the season in December 2013 with a session in the Ferrari simulator going through several ideas with the team's engineers to learn about how his car would behave on a race track.
Alonso said he had additional motivation and optimism for the year ahead and would take a realistic approach due to reliability concerns: "I think this year everyone is more calm and everyone is a little bit more cautious about the possibility of finishing the race.
But I think if we do everything right, we should be ready to do so and see finally where is our level of competitiveness."
The Ferrari F14 T was slower than the Mercedes car and Alonso finished sixth overall with 161 points.
He took a third-place finish at the Chinese Grand Prix and was second at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Alonso had qualified better than Räikkönen sixteen times by an average of more than half a second per lap.

Alonso had severe disagreements with Ferrari team principal Marco Mattiacci in 2014.
Mattiacci was keen to extend Alonso's contract and talked to him about remaining at Ferrari for a further three years until 2019.
Alonso sought an option to leave either after one or three years and Mattiacci delayed negotiation because he felt Alonso was not committed to Ferrari.
Mattiacci wanted Sebastian Vettel to replace Alonso; he had favoured retaining Alonso of which di Montezemolo was unconvinced because of discussions he had held with Alonso in which the latter expressed disbelief that Ferrari would be competitive in 2015.
Alonso informed di Montezemolo he wanted to leave and Mattiacci initially did not believe him.
Flavio Briatore attempted to engineer a switch for Hamilton to move to Ferrari and Alonso drive for Mercedes.
Toto Wolff, the Mercedes team principal, blocked it because he preferred to keep Hamilton and Nico Rosberg and felt Alonso would create dissonance.

By this time, McLaren team principal Ron Dennis was interested in Alonso and he was convinced to join them rather than stay at Ferrari.
He asked Ferrari for an early release from his contract and were ready to do so since Vettel had agreed terms with them.
Briatore demanded Mattiacci honour the agreement between Alonso and Ferrari to allow him to leave early if requested.
Mattiacci told Briatore that Alonso had signed a contract with Ferrari until 2016 and did not have an early release clause.
Briatore insisted this was invalid because of Alonso and di Montzemeolo's agreement.
Alonso suggested he was prepared to stay with extra contractual amendments: the enactment of exit clauses to allow for his early release had he not been third overall at a specified cut-off date, a veto over Ferrari's choice of second driver and an option to select technical staff.
Mattiacci disagreed with all of the suggestions and asked Alonso to put extra commitment to Ferrari and not less.
Alonso was angered by this because he disliked the suggestion of being less than fully committed.

Between the races held in Singapore and Japan, Mattiacci said he would honour Alonso and di Montzemolo's agreement if Alonso did not want to continue on his current contract or extend it beyond 2016.
A memorandum of understanding was suggested by Briatore for Alonso to sign in his belief Mattiacci would honour his wish.
Mattiacci asked Alonso to travel to Maranelllo and sign it.
Trigger causes in Vettel's Red Bull contract needed to be activated before he could join so and not expose Ferrari as having signed three racers to drive two cars.
Vettel's move to Ferrari was announced at the Japanese Grand Prix; This angered Alonso who believed he had no control over the narrative and argued with Mattiacci.
Alonso stayed with Ferrari for 2014. He began preparing for the season in December 2013 with a session in the Ferrari simulator going through several ideas with the team's engineers to learn about how his car would behave on a race track. Alonso said he had additional motivation and optimism for the year ahead and would take a realistic approach due to reliability concerns: "I think this year everyone is more calm and everyone is a little bit more cautious about the possibility of finishing the race. But I think if we do everything right, we should be ready to do so and see finally where is our level of competitiveness." The Ferrari F14 T was slower than the Mercedes car and Alonso finished sixth overall with 161 points. He took a third-place finish at the Chinese Grand Prix and was second at the Hungarian Grand Prix. Alonso had qualified better than Räikkönen sixteen times by an average of more than half a second per lap.
Alonso had severe disagreements with Ferrari team principal Marco Mattiacci in 2014. Mattiacci was keen to extend Alonso's contract and talked to him about remaining at Ferrari for a further three years until 2019. Alonso sought an option to leave either after one or three years and Mattiacci delayed negotiation because he felt Alonso was not committed to Ferrari. Mattiacci wanted Sebastian Vettel to replace Alonso; he had favoured retaining Alonso of which di Montezemolo was unconvinced because of discussions he had held with Alonso in which the latter expressed disbelief that Ferrari would be competitive in 2015. Alonso informed di Montezemolo he wanted to leave and Mattiacci initially did not believe him. Flavio Briatore attempted to engineer a switch for Hamilton to move to Ferrari and Alonso drive for Mercedes. Toto Wolff, the Mercedes team principal, blocked it because he preferred to keep Hamilton and Nico Rosberg and felt Alonso would create dissonance.
By this time, McLaren team principal Ron Dennis was interested in Alonso and he was convinced to join them rather than stay at Ferrari. He asked Ferrari for an early release from his contract and were ready to do so since Vettel had agreed terms with them. Briatore demanded Mattiacci honour the agreement between Alonso and Ferrari to allow him to leave early if requested. Mattiacci told Briatore that Alonso had signed a contract with Ferrari until 2016 and did not have an early release clause. Briatore insisted this was invalid because of Alonso and di Montzemeolo's agreement. Alonso suggested he was prepared to stay with extra contractual amendments: the enactment of exit clauses to allow for his early release had he not been third overall at a specified cut-off date, a veto over Ferrari's choice of second driver and an option to select technical staff. Mattiacci disagreed with all of the suggestions and asked Alonso to put extra commitment to Ferrari and not less. Alonso was angered by this because he disliked the suggestion of being less than fully committed. 
Between the races held in Singapore and Japan, Mattiacci said he would honour Alonso and di Montzemolo's agreement if Alonso did not want to continue on his current contract or extend it beyond 2016. A memorandum of understanding was suggested by Briatore for Alonso to sign in his belief Mattiacci would honour his wish. Mattiacci asked Alonso to travel to Maranelllo and sign it. Trigger causes in Vettel's Red Bull contract needed to be activated before he could join so and not expose Ferrari as having signed three racers to drive two cars. Vettel's move to Ferrari was announced at the Japanese Grand Prix; This angered Alonso who believed he had no control over the narrative and argued with Mattiacci.
Motor racing career of Fernando Alonso