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    Ferrari looking beyond 2014 title miracle says Montezemolo

    Ferrari is turning its attention towards 2015, president Luca di Montezemolo has hinted.

    Having faltered at the very start of the new era of turbo V6 engines, the fabled Italian team is now a distant third in the championship, between dominant Mercedes and chasing champions Red Bull.

    Maranello unveiled a car so modified for Canada last weekend that many dubbed it a 'B' version, but the F14-T still struggled at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

    Montreal, then, might be seen as having been Ferrari's last roll of the dice for the 2014 title, with more attention now to be shifted towards the 2015 project.

    President Montezemolo does not deny it.

    "I don't think we can work miracles in the short term," he is quoted as saying by Italy's Tuttosport, "but we are working hard for the future knowing that what was done this year was not done well enough.

    "We are in a difficult moment," Montezemolo admitted, "but there is little to talk about and much to do."

    However, on a visit to Florence on Wednesday, Ferrari's flamboyant 66-year-old president said Maranello is not about to stop working hard on the 2014 car.

    "We must absolutely improve a lot this year," he is quoted by La Repubblica, "pursuing this plan with determination."

    At the same time, Montezemolo said new team boss Marco Mattiacci is also looking ahead at "a very big challenge for next year, in so many areas, because there really is a lot to do".

    "In particular," he added, "we must work on having a much more integrated car and engine next year."

    (GMM)
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    I've said this in another thread, but it always is next year for Ferrari. I know now how bad the 80's have had to be for the Tifosi.

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    So LdM thinks that our chief designer will pull out a miracle in a long term? Geezus, he's been with us since 2006! Isn't that long term enough? Our car was just getting gradually worse since his arrival...

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    There are two main things that make me hopeful that next year will be better for us...

    1) James Allison will have a big part in designing our 2015 car

    2) The highly experienced turbo engine expert Jean-Jacques His will be working on improving our PU
    KEEP CALM AND LOVE FERRARI


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    yeah i guess in a way every race is just a test session for the coming year anyway

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