Ferrari boss Maurizio Arrivabene has said that while the company's president Sergio Marchionne is "not happy" with the team's recent results, Marchionne is looking to the future with confidence and that the team just needs time.
When asked after the Italian Grand Prix, in which the two Ferraris finished third and fourth in the their home race behind the Mercedes pair, what Marchionne had been saying to the team this weekend, Arrivabene said: "He said he can see some changes…he said that the structure is solid, that we have enough people in Ferrari to be able to work in the proper direction.
"And I think he's not happy about the results of this season, but he also knows there have been some changes and he wants to look forward to the future."
When pressed on Marchionne's comments from earlier in the weekend that Ferrari had failed to hit its targets for 2016, Arrivabene said: "Of course we failed in matching our target for this year.
"But one month ago we took our action [a restructure of the team that included the departure of technical director James Allison] and now in the last two races things are going a bit better, the atmosphere in the team is positive and everybody is looking forward to race after race this year and for next year.
"The atmosphere is the team is solid, everyone is looking in the same direction and we just need a bit of time."
Sebastian Vettel after the Monza race also denied that Marchionne's presence this weekend added to the pressure on the team.
"Our president, giving the support and it's been exactly the opposite of what people thought – or wrote probably – about. Really no pressure," he added.
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