Und das war auch nur ein Gerücht, denn später gab es eben dann diese Aussage von Whitmarch das es eben nicht so war und es gab ja auch mal die Schlagzeile das Illien behaupet hätte, man müsse den Kimi einen Panzer bauen, auch er meldete sich dann zu Wort und sagte, das er sowas nie gesagt hat. Das ist alles auf den Mist der Presse gewachsen, die haben ihr Bild von Kimi und alles andere ist denen egal.
So hier nun mal ein Interview mit Dominicali und er selber sagt, es liegt an ihnen Kimi zuhelfen, nur hätte man das schon lange machen müssen
Translated Q&A with Domenicali:
Domenicali: "Massa's engine failed after 932 km, Raikkonen's after 968 km. The malfunction will not happen again."
Q: Are you sure of that ?
Domenicali: "The piston rods have been the same for three years now. Out of a hundred, two have have gone bust, with progressive identification numbers. The malfunctions occured in an area where there's no stress. It's a matter of dealing with the material. We can no longer afford to loose out on important results due to reliability problems. But at the same time it's also true that McLaren had 35 points more than we did last year, whereas now we're 16 points ahead."
Q: So what will Ferrari do to not throw away any more good results ?
Domenicali: "We have decided to toughen up the controls on all the parts of the car. We have 40 people working in the departments of quality control and metallurgy. What is going to start in two weeks time in Belgium is a sprint-championship of 6 races in which we can no longer give away any presents."
Q: You're like a football manager, do you feel confidence or scepticism around you ?
Domenicali: "The results speak in favour of Ferrari. I notice the confidence and I have confidence in all the 900 employees of the Gestione Sportiva."
Q: Schumacher's presence in recent races seemed like a distant supervision on behalf of Di Montezemolo and/or Todt. Now there are whispers that Schumi should no longer come to the races...
Domenicali: "I didn't feel supervisioned by him. Schumacher helps the engineering side of the team and he's a support for the drivers, Kimi included. Every single statement of his has been agreed upon by me. As far as his plans are concerned, I don't know anything."
Q: Let's talk about the great form Massa is in at the moment...
Domenicali: "I consider that as a continuous evolution from the Malaysian GP onwards. Massa does well, he's strong, wants to learn, has an eye for detail. And he will be even faster still, now he has 'acquiered' what he was lacking: a consistent race pace."
Q: Can he win the championship ?
Domenicali: "Certainly. We should give him a car that is always competitive while he maintain keep the aggresive attitude he has now."
Q: Will he cope with the pressure ?
Domenicali: "He's mature (enough) to do that and we help him with it."
Q: In compensation, Raikkonen isn't doing so well...
Domenicali: "And yet he has collected many points. For me it isn't a problem. He will react, he will soon come back strong, he knows how to get out of criticism and problems."
Q: When he was still at McLaren there were pictures of him in which he didn't exactly look like an athlete. Off track, what is the Raikkonen like we don't get to see ?
Domenicali: "His strong point is to discuss with us about everything, but I have never forced him to do anything with regards to his character. I don't think that the way he prepares for a GP has anything to do with certain situations. As far as the mental preparation for the races is concerned, we keep that a secret inside the team and he's aware of that."
Q: What's his problem ?
Domenicali: "He's not happy with the way the cars steers into corners. He would like to have it more aggresively. And this is having an influence on him. It's up to us to continue helping him out."
Q: Let's come to the point, would Raikkonen be ready to help out Massa if he needed to ?
Domenicali: "If it's necessary Kimi will help Felipe, we talked about this at the beginning of the year. But first let's see how things evolve."
Q: But if Raikkonen continues to pose a problem how are you going to manage the drivers' situation with regards to 2009 ?
Domenicali: "As far as his contract is concerned: it expires at the end of next year. We're not in a hurry to decide. At the moment it's the championship that counts."