Ferrari has said that it will pull out all the stops to keep its winning running going over the next two grands prix weekends, despite having won four of the five races staged to date.
World champion
Kimi Raikkonen and team-mate
Felipe Massa have won two races apiece - and taken a brace of 1-2 finishes - since the season-opener in Australia to more than make up for the Scuderia's disastrous appearance in Melbourne, and Raikkonen and the team currently occupy top spot in both championships. Even though the stats say otherwise, however, team principal Stefano Domenicali insists that Ferrari has not dominated the season so far.
"I don't think it's correct to say that we 'dominated' because, if you look at the championship, the situation is very close," he claims, "It was important for us to react after the first grand prix in Australia, with only one point scored, but, once again, it's not dominating. [Turkey] shows that our competitors are very, very close."
Indeed, Domenicali thinks that the next two races, in Monaco and Canada, will only see the Scuderia's competition become stronger - hence the decision to make sure no stone is left unturned in an effort to combat the resurgence.
"I think we will need to react for these two races because last year was very difficult for us," he said, reflecting on
McLaren's dominance of both events in 2007, "We have prepared for the race with a different approach, and we will also see at Paul Ricard - where we have some tests - if what we have prepared is going in the right way."
Jean Todt's replacement at the top of the Ferrari tree is not taking anything for granted, particularly in Monaco, and reckons that the Scuderia needs to be prepared for more than one assault on its superiority.
