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Todt wants driver rivalry at Ferrari

Todt wants driver rivalry at Ferrari

08 January 2007

Ferrari team boss Jean Todt has said that Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa "are free to duel" on track this season provided that their rivalry benefits Ferrari. Ferrari has taken much criticism for issuing driver orders in the past, especially after the controversial ending to the Austrian Grand Prix in 2002.

"It will be healthy if the two drivers compete against each other which could achieve great results," Todt told the Corriere della Sera newspaper.

However, the Frenchman warned his two young drivers not to get too carried away whilst vying for the top spot that Michael Schumacher ruled for so long.

"We will be sure this does not turn destructive. The ambitions of Ferrari come first, and Raikkonen and Massa know this rule all too well," he added.


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