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Ferrari President blames Bridgestone

Luca di Montezemolo is not a happy bunny, and pointed an unequivocal finger of blame at Ferrari's four round things. "Our number one problem is the tyres," he said after the 'F2005' car failed to score a single point at Barcelona. "We have trouble being fast both over a hot lap and in the race."

Bridgestone responded to the Ferrari president's 'frustrations' by insisting it would bounce back to glory.

The Japanese marque's Hirohide Hamashima, meanwhile, told La Gazzetta dello Sport that Bridgestone 'don't test enough. "Our rivals can count on several top teams," he said, "so they can improve much faster."

Ferrari principal Jean Todt, though, admitted that Maranello 'created' the situation where it works almost exclusively on the tyre. "Having said that," the Frenchman admitted, "we have nothing against (having) another top team on Bridgestone."

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