Domenicali: There won't be a runaway leader

kimiiceman · 03-04-2010, 11:34 AM

Ferrari boss Stefano Domenicali believes that no one team will outpace the rest in the early stages of this season.

In 2009 Brawn GP began the year with considerably more speed than their competitors and were able to build what proved to be an insurmountable lead in the Championship before others were able to match them.

Domenicali is confident that this will not be the case this season though.

"I'm not used to make forecasts, but it's clear that it will be a very balanced championship, not like last year," Domenicali explained to Ferrari's official website.

"Before the tests we thought that there might be four teams able to fight for the title. But what we've seen so far there might be even more.

"Furthermore there are still some questions to be solved, such as the tyres' behaviour at high temperatures and the race strategy management. Just to name a few.

"With the performances so close together, a slight mistake will be enough not to enter Q3, which means that we have to give it our all, all the time: team, drivers, and car," he added.

The Italian contends that Ferrari will definitely be part of the group competing for race wins.

"What we could see, and considering all the unknown factors in the testing, I think that we've shown that we can be competitive and are part of the top group in terms of pure performance and also on the long run," said the 44-year-old.

"This is an important result considering how we ended the last season just a little more than four months ago in Abu Dhabi; we've worked a lot over the last months. Now we have to continue with the F10's development, because this will be the key to this season.

"We know that we're fighting against very strong teams from a very different season, who have worked very hard during the winter and who want to win. We're ready for the challenge ahead," he concluded.

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