13/06/2011
NEWS STORY
Twenty-four hours after a race which promised so much but ultimately delivered so little, Ferrari team boss Stefan Domenicali admits that he's still angry.
"When I think that yesterday we could have taken our first win of the season, then I still feel a sense of anger," he told the team's website. "We were very well prepared for this race and everything evaporated through an incredible run of adverse circumstances.
"If one looks at everything that happened in the race, I can manage a wry smile," he continued, "the winner, whom I must congratulate, because one should never lose respect for one's rivals, actually set a record for pit stops and was always behind our cars while they were actually running on track. Further proof of how difficult it is from the outside to read a race, he made similar strategic choices to the ones for which we are being criticised in what I consider an excessive manner. It's true that the final result can affect people's judgment. That's a rule of sport and we have to accept it, but that does not necessarily mean we have to agree with it.
"When you have days like this you want to turn the page immediately, forgetting the negatives and hanging on to the positive aspects. Partly down to the characteristics of the track and also because of all the work we are doing, we are beginning to see the benefits of our efforts, as was the case in Monaco and also in Montreal where we were competitive enough to fight for the win.
"We must continue down this path, because sooner or later the results will come. Now there is no point looking at the classifications in both championships, as it does not make sense at the moment. We must act like football teams who find they have dropped behind and play every match in an attacking manner, only going for the win. Then, if the others slip up and the situation changes, we will see where we are."