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Di Montezemolo thanks fans for support

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has released an official message of gratitude to supporters of the team following the its difficult start to the 2009 season. With no points scored from the first three races in Australia, Malaysia and China, Kimi Räikkönen broke the team's 2009 duck with sixth place in Bahrain; team-mate Felipe Massa followed suit in Spain last Sunday, although the team lingers in seventh place as a result of its most testing start to a championship ever.

Ferrari's worldwide fanbase is thanks chiefly to its 60-year Formula One history

Di Montezemolo, who has been with Ferrari since 1973, released the following statement from the team's Maranello headquarters:


Dear friends,

I want to thank you personally for the numerous messages of support we received from all over the world over the last hours on our website and via email. It is important to know that we can count on the support of our fans all over the world and that our fans completely share the motivations, which brought us to take such a decision. If we were forced to leave the Championship we were part of over the last 60 years of our history and where we set all the records in terms of victories, it is because they want to change the nature of its founding values.

If it really was like that, then I have to say that our cars will race in other competitions, where - and I am absolutely convinced about that - they will find the enthusiasm and the passion of millions of fans, following us in every corner of the world. Racing is part of Ferrari's DNA and this is something that will never change. 


Luca di Montezemolo

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