"I live in New York and I received a call at 5.58 on Friday morning," said Mattiacci.
"The chairman, [Luca] di Montezemolo, was on the phone and he told me, 'this is my idea'.
"I told him that April Fool's [day] had been about 15 days earlier. But then, after the second or third minute of discussions, I understood that it was serious.
You could only play the political card for so long and Ferrari relied on it far, far, far too often to win and it has coloured their judgement. Beyond that you need engineering excellence, efficiency and creativity, which Ferrari simply don't have.WilliamsF1 wrote:Domenicali just did not play the FIA and FOM to Ferrari's advantage.