Ferrari won't rest on laurels

| Tue, 04/29/2008 - 03:27

Ferrari will not let this weekend's double Spanish Grand Prix victory go to its head, team principal Stefano Domenicali said on Monday.

Domenicali warned the road to victory ''is still long'' after Sunday's triumph, which saw Ferrari's third win of the season's four races so far.

The Italian team picked up its 78th one-two in Barcelona after reigning world champion Kimi Raikkonen came in first followed by team-mate Felipe Massa.

This was the sixth time that the two drivers grabbed the top two positions, with the fifth taking place just three weeks ago at the Bahrain Grand Prix.

But Domenicali urged caution following the Formula 1 season's European debut.

''I have my doubts about our superiority and we always have to be very careful,'' he said.

''Our rivals are just behind the corner, which is why we can't slobber (over the win) and we can't allow ourselves to stop even for a moment''.

Domenicali was hopeful as he looked forward to the next race in Istanbul in two weeks' time, however.

''In Turkey we have to move ahead with our programme and try to keep up our development and all the little details that make the difference.

''It's clear that our drivers like the Istanbul circuit, so we will try to keep concentration levels as high as they were this weekend in Barcelona,'' he said.

The only race Ferrari has failed to win this season was the opener in Australia, where the Italian team collected just one point with Raikkonen, while Massa blew his engine.

''After Australia some people already gave us up for dead,'' Domenicali said.

''We didn't expect to start off like that, but I think that it helped us to keep up the right spirit.

''We're very happy about the potential of our drivers, but our strength lies in the fact that we are a group - drivers, engineers, technicians and everyone else, both here and at home,'' he added.

After the Turkish Grand Prix, Formula 1 will head for Monaco before crossing the Atlantic for the Canadian Grand Prix.

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