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Ferrari focused on start - boss

Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali revealed that his team had prepared Felipe Massa for his lightning start which saw him overtake both McLarens and take the lead out of the first corner, because it was crucial when it came to when the McLarens might make their first pit stops.

"We prepared the race last night considering that. We knew that in these conditions, the two effects were relevant," Domenicali said. "We tried to simulate the start in terms of lines because we knew that if we were in front we could set a good pace for the first stint of the race. We were building and informing Felipe of the gap behind him to Hamilton just to create our race, expecting him to be, I would say, in the region of our pit stop, maybe one two laps more, one two laps less. So we were working around that strategy, we were building up our lead, considering that situation. But to be honest, you never know how it's going to work out up to the moment that you stop."

Domenicali revealed that they had no warning of Felipe Massa's engine failure as he completed lap 67. "Zero. Unfortunately we had no warning, we just had the smoke in front of us, and it was very bad. Unfortunately there was no signal, no information, no warning on the telemetry."

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