Di Montezemolo: “At Ferrari, there are rules”

Fernando Alonso and Kimi Räikkönen: a potentially explosive cocktail that Ferrari has chosen for 2014. Such a decision may have been influenced by criticism from the Asturian who publicly expressed his impatience with the level of performance of the Team often behind other top teams and in particular Red Bull Racing. Luca di Montezemolo prefers to highlight the skills of the 2007 world champion even if the separation was complicated in 2009. “Kimi was better than I expected”, admitted the Italian businessman. “He’s a very decent person. We haven't had a single problem since he returned home. The presence of Kimi will be very important and useful in order not to leave Fernando all alone in front to fight from the first lap until the finish. »

If Luca di Montezemolo is rave about Kimi Räikkönen, the President of Ferrari shows authority by recalling that the interests of the Scuderia will always come before those of the drivers. “I think Fernando knows that he is not racing for himself but for Ferrari. Raïkkönen must also be aware that he is in the second half of his career and that two very important years await him. Domenicali (the Team Principal) was very clear with both. They have the honor and the responsibility of driving for Ferrari. Since I have been here, every driver knows that he does not ride for himself but for the team. If drivers want to ride for themselves, there are plenty of possibilities: they can form their own team, they can move to another team. But at Ferrari, there are rules and that is very clear. »