Ferrari President, Luca di Montezemolo, says 2012 championship destiny is in his team's hands whilst giving Felipe Massa a timely gee-up.

As his team prepared to head off to Monaco for the sixth round of the season, leading the Drivers' Championship and fourth in the Constructors' Championship, di Montezemolo wrote to team members with the aim of keeping morale high despite the knowledge that the F2012 is not the best car out there.

"The Championship is in our own hands," he wrote. "The championship is very open and so far, there has not been one dominant force. A series of circumstances and the work done here to improve the car, as well as Alonso's great ability, has led to us leading the Championship after five rounds. We must capitalize on that, with each one of us giving our very best at home and at the race track, including Massa who must bring home the results we expect from him.

"I know from Domenicali, with whom I am in constant contact, how hard all of you are working," he continued. "Of this I am sure, also because winning the Championship depends only and exclusively on ourselves: on our ability, our creativity, our determination and our desire to show that we are the best."