Ferrari President, Luca
di Montezemolo, as a sidebar to the presentation of the
DVD La Grande Storia Ferrari, ("the "Great
Ferrari Story") produced by RAI and RCS, stated that he
has great faith in the team despite the fact that the
results in the first two races of the season have not
lived up to expectations. "I am definitely not satisfied
with the way the season has begun, but I have complete
faith in the people here who know how to react when the
situation is tough."
"I am sure there will be an amazing response," added the
President. "I know everyone is working flat out and I
have great faith in the human and technical strengths of
our people. I believe the period when the most we can
hope for is a podium will soon come to an end."
Montezemolo was cautious
in his expectations for the next race in China. "I hope
we see some improvement, especially in qualifying and to
see us be competitive as we were yesterday in the race.
But I reckon that will be difficult as I don't think
Ferrari can turn it around in the space of a week. I
know from Domenicali, with whom I have just spoken, that
everyone has got their heads down working hard.
Yesterday in the race, I saw Ferrari at the same level
as the best and barring a couple of incidents we were
definitely heading for the podium. I also spoke at
length with Alonso for get his impressions of the car
and I could tell he was confident in how things went in
the race, even if we have a lot of work to do to
improve."
