Ferrari President, Luca di Montezemolo, has heaped praise on his race team after they managed to turn round a poor start to the season.
Ferrari managed to win the first race of the season in Bahrain after Sebastian Vettel dropped down the order with a spark-plug issue. However, the team’s result slid down the order ever since that race and they dropped behind Red Bull and McLaren in both championships.
Now though, the Italian outfit has developed its F10 to once again become a race winner in 2010, taking a 1-2 in Germany and a 3-4 in Hungary last weekend.
“It was a very busy July, which ended in a very nice way for us,” Montezemolo told Ferrari.com
“Especially when you look at where we are today, compared to one month ago. For this, I wish to thank our entire workforce, because they put in so much effort to achieve these results.
“In Hockenheim, we finished first and second and yesterday we came away with second and fourth places, which was the most we could have achieved.
“The engineers put their heads down and worked on improving the car and the drivers did a great job: Fernando got an amazing start and very nearly managed to take the lead at the first corner, while Felipe brought home a significant points haul, in what was a special race for him, one year on from his accident.”
Di Montezemolo did admit that his team’s poor performance led to some ‘missed opportunities’ in the early stages of the season which led to some regret.
“It’s true that earlier in the season we have wasted great opportunities and there is still regret for some perplexing decisions, but we must look ahead and believe in the fact that today, we are in the fight for the Championship.
“This is the Ferrari I like to see and the one our fans want to see: a team that can fight and deliver the results. We must continue like this and then see where we are at the end. We know we must work even harder and with determination on the development of the car, but our people don’t need me to tell them that.”
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