Ferrari boss is hallucinating

Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo claims his team has no regrets about rejecting Fernando Alonso four years ago. The Spaniard was desperate to move to Ferrari but the team chose to retain Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa, until the end of the 2010 season at least.

Speaking with Gazzetta dello Sport about how the team could have signed Alonso, di Montezemolo said: “That could have been the case four years ago, now I’m happy as we are.

“We are trying to win the title with a different driver from last year and both of them are winning the constructors’ for us. If there is one thing giving us no problems, that’s the drivers. Except for a non-elating second half of the season for Raikkonen, Massa has done an extraordinary season."

Di Montezemolo has no choice but to back Massa and Raikkonen, but frankly we don’t believe that he doesn’t wonder how Ferrari might have fared this season with Alonso at the wheel.

The feeling in the paddock, confirmed by Martin Brundle during the Chinese Grand Prix, is that Ferrari’s car is strong enough to win the title – but neither Massa or Raikkonen have got the job done; Massa has improved, no doubt, but he has still made too many mistakes, whereas Kimi has defended his title with a distinct lack of enthusiasm.

Many observers suspect that had Alonso been at Ferrari, he’d already be world champion.

Still, we’d bet a large chunk of money that Alonso will be at Ferrari in 2010. Gridcrasher.com