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Ferrari cop Italian pain

Wounded Prancing Horses aside, Ferrari takes no more biting pain than from the Italian press. La Gazzetta dello Sport said watching Sunday's grand prix, at the Autodromo Nazionale, was 'agony. "Monza for Ferrari was a debacle," the daily continued.

Indeed, the lack of points aside, Michael Schumacher mathematically yielded the world championship, and -perhaps more directly than ever - pointed the blame squarely at tyre supplier Bridgestone. "Schumacher is a mere shadow of his great self," newspaper 'Tuttosport' added.

Although the F2005 is gripless, though, the time gap to Jordan and Minardi - the other Japanese clad teams - is smaller than ever before.

Jean Todt calls this evidence of the 'period of transition' underway at the Scuderia. "We are trying to learn with new processes," the Frenchman added. Nonetheless, all is not well at all for Bridgestone.

Jordan's Tiago Monteiro hit out at the rubber product after Monza, where he said the Bridgestones got 'worse and worse' as the race wore on. "I do not understand how the tyres could act like this," the Portuguese rookie remarked.

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