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Ferrari to use aggressive approach to final race
08 October 2007Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen still has a small chance of winning the 2007 Formula One world championship. The Fin is seven points behind on Hamilton so theoretically there is still a chance for him to win the title in Brazil. To keep all chances open Ferrari's sporting director Stefano Domenicali said the team will take an aggressive approach for the final race.
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"If we look at the next race, we don't have any other choice than to be aggressive. We need to achieve first and second and then that's it. That, for sure, will be our strategy." Ferrari sporting director Stefano Domenicali said.
Domenicali went on to praise Raikkonen in the way he attacked Hamilton but had it contributed to the McLaren driver under steering off into a gravel trap as he was entering the pits? "I don't know," admitted Domenicali. "To be honest maybe he was struggling with the tyres, but Kimi was there, he was just behind, he was attacking at the right moment and it was important to avoid any kind of contact because you never know. At this stage, contact for us would have been dramatic because the championship would have been over, so that shows how Kimi was so cool to be right in the way to attack Hamilton."
Domenicali was asked if the rivalry between the two McLaren drivers perhaps could play into Ferrari's hands. "We need to look within our cars," he replied. "It's already difficult because we need to be first and second and then we will see, but for sure, with all due respect, we understand that the pressure is high on both of their drivers. The only thing that I can say is that we will focus on our job and that's it to be honest. We respect the work of the others but what we are going to do is to try to put pressure on them, that's for sure."
Pressure had something to do with the Chinese tactics, too. "Talking about this race, after the first pit stop, we were just tackling what Hamilton was ready to do, because we knew that he basically put less fuel into the car in comparison to our stop. Of course we were just controlling the pace and checking what was the situation. We knew at that stage that we could be in front, so it was much easier."
So was Ferrari surprised by Hamilton's mistake? "You know, when you are under pressure or you are pragmatic, you can make mistakes everywhere. That shows how is Formula One and maybe he was thinking it was the easiest part of his race, but that's racing," concluded Domenicali.
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