Jean Todt: We Deserve This

Dale Calkins

Jean Todt states that taking the front row in qualifying today is an excellent reward for all of Ferrari's hard work. With this result, Todt is confident of a very good race and a competitive season to come. This is what Ferrari's Team Principal had to say after qualifying today:

"Obviously this first qualifying session of the season is very positive for us. It’s been since the 2004 Hungarian Grand Prix that we haven’t managed to put both cars on the front row of the grid. I am particularly pleased for Michael because today he has equalled Ayrton Senna’s record of pole positions, and for Felipe who qualified on the front row for the first time in his career. Over the last few months the team has worked very hard and today we have seen the results of all this effort. I would also like to thank all our partners, especially the technical ones like Bridgestone and Shell.

Now we have to face the most challenging part of the weekend, the race. During the 57 laps we will have to deal with all kinds of changing circumstances. Reliability will be the crucial factor. Even if it is undoubtedly early days yet before one can come to any kind of conclusion, it is certainly a matter of fact that now we have a competitive car-engine-tyre package that can compete at the highest level."

March 11, 2006

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