“The presentation was very emotional, because I was excited. For me, Ferrari, together with my family, is the most important thing in my life.” With these words Chairman Luca di Montezemolo opened the press conference held in Fiorano at the presentation of the F10 this morning.

“This is a very emotional moment I’m confronting with anticipation, but I won’t know where we stand before the Saturday of the qualifying in Bahrain. The team worked with determination and unity I haven’t seen for a long time.”

The numerous journalists present at the press conference asked him about his point of view regarding Schumacher’s comeback and the Chairman replied...

“I like Schumacher and I’m this misdeed’s author. It was me who woke his desire to come back to racing and honestly I never thought I’d see him in a car that wasn’t a Ferrari. He’s a competitor, an opponent, like many others. I’m not worried about the possibility that he might have taken material from our development.”

Regarding the situation of the Scuderia Ferrari drivers the Chairman confirmed...

“When Ferrari decided in 2005 to take Raikkonen the alternative was Alonso, who now finds himself in a fundamental moment of his life. He’s matured, young and strong; he has won two World Championships, one in 2005 and one in 2006, beating us 100%. We don’t have any problem as far as our drivers are concerned. We have Massa, who is back with further enthusiasm, we have Alonso I just told you about and then we have Fisichella as the third driver and two very experienced test drivers: Marc Gene and Luca Badoer."

The journalists asked many questions regarding renewals and stability for Formula 1...

“Formula 1 needs a season of great renewal with three main objectives: technology, because it has to become the avant-garde to anticipate extreme and innovative technology for road cars; it has to regain credibility and it needs justice to guarantee stability. Furthermore the cost is an important factor - I don’t want a Formula 1 with lower performance – and also stable rules.”

As far as the rules are concerned the Ferrari Chairman said he was “very much in favour of qualifying without full tanks like in the past and the choice of tyres. This is a start, with the collaboration from all of us. I think that teams and Federation can look ahead and do many things.”