“If You Lost a Race,” Montezemolo on Schumacher

“The Ferrari he doesn’t win the World Championship and now he’s struggling to win even one race. What is going on?”. Conrad Formigli he asks Luca Cordero di Montezemolohost a A clean sweep on A7. “He puts the knife in the wound. Together with my family, Ferrari was the most important thing in my life. In the 70s I was Enzo Ferrari’s assistant and sporting director, we won world championships with Niki Lauda. Then in the 90s… It’s a long and painful conversation. I’m sorry to see Ferrari like this and I don’t think it’s a short-term crisis, because it’s about rebuilding and finding the best technicians on the market.”

“When I put together the Dream Team – Montezemolo still remembers – there were Todt, Domenicali, Ross Brawn great technical director, e Rory Byrne“. Then it came Michael Schumacher, recalls Formigli. “Yes, but 2 years later, when we knew that the rider would make the difference. A team had been built, I hope that this will happen, even if very late, because to win you need to bring competence and even a little culture to the those sectors where perhaps there is less. This year I would have expected a more competitive car”.

“Better Lauda, ​​Schumacher or Leclerc?”: watch the video of Montezemolo in Piazzapulita

“Better Lauda, ​​Schumacher or Charles Leclerc?” is Formigli’s point-blank question: “Lauda was one of the most important friends in my life, we spent many years together and we were friends even when he was in Mercedes. Schumacher was the driver who won the most in Ferrari, he had one thing in common with Lauda: when we won we won together, when we lost the same. Instead, many drivers take the credit when they win and blame the car when they lose.”

And Leclerc? “He’s a very good driver, very fast especially on the flying lap. But he’s having a moment very delicate of his career, because despite being very young the years go by and he has to try to win. And he needs a car that will allow him to do that.”