Jean Todt Quotations

We are pleased to have reached this agreement with Red Bull Racing to supply them with our F1 engines,

We have Badoer who is a very experienced test driver,

More running on Friday would definitely have helped. We only used one specification of tyre on Friday, thinking we would do the job (of testing the other specification) when the track would have been less green on Saturday. Unfortunately, we couldn't do it. You always learn.

Number 5 is a setback. The challenge to improve is even bigger. We want the title back.

I got the document which was signed by the 11 team principals so we can say that an agreement has been made regarding testing for 2006.

Given the situation, we will now change the engine in Michael's car,

We have to accept the situation and do a good race, just as we did in Malaysia.

I think we already did one step forward with the engine. I think we've understood quite a lot of things. That's why the factory has been working quite hard and it's been positive.

Maybe that extra bit would have been enough to stay ahead.

Michael will need to relax after a frustrating season. That's why I really hope we will finish in a better situation because it gives you morale to start the next one.

Michael is normally quite cool, but the way he reacted is quite significant, ... He missed an opportunity, and we know that we haven't had so many opportunities this year.

You know, I'm very focused on what will happen in Spa ,

The problem was in the piston area, a specific failure in that component. However, sometimes the final problem is the result of a combination of factors. So before saying anything definitive, we need to have some very precise answers.

We are working hard for the future and will try to leave 2005 as a bad year in the whole period and start with a good year again in 2006.

When I was going up to the podium, I said to Michael that I could not remember the way any more, as it had been such a long time since the last victory.

We will go into this season with a great motivation, great humility and also a great determination to get back to the top. We have the team, we have the means and we have the drivers, so there is no excuse not to return to where we were, and this will be our aim.

We knew that Michael could be in quite a good position at the start but we knew that it was a different strategy. On paper, two pit stops was quicker but then you can't predict the traffic.

There is so much going on that I still feel the possibility of finishing much stronger at the end of the season.

We will try to do a better job by trying to do the best as possible, as we always did but that simply, we did not achieve in 2005.

At the moment we are still analyzing the problems, before making a final judgment. We need to have very accurate analysis. The problem has been around the piston area.

At this moment, I did expect better results from him. But I'm sure they will come.

Did you watch the Grand Prix today? ... We lack grip.

The successes we have enjoyed have not been down to three people. It is also true that each history has an end.

Seeing the new car, with the new sponsor logos and, above all, the numbers 5 and 6, is a return for us at Ferrari to a distant past.

Our ambition is to finish third in the manufacturers' championship, and in this respect we took two points more than Toyota in Spa,

Normally I don't answer the phone on the pit wall. But it was vibrating in my pocket, so after awhile I said, OK, let's see who it is, maybe it's good advice to win the race,

So we can say that an agreement has been made.

A new team will race in the New Year.

As I was going to the podium, I told Michael I could not remember the way because it has been so long since the last victory. The result was very encouraging for the future and a huge boost.

This collaboration fits in with the fact that, since 1991, with a break from 1993 to 1996, Ferrari has supplied its F1 engines to other teams.

There was definitely no light here. It was very dark.

It was a weekend to forget. Going home without points is a very bitter feeling, given that we have all we need to succeed.

The next logical step for Valentino is to let him drive with others around him.

It was a disappointing qualifying session. The result does not reflect out potential, but we have to accept what happen.

They listened to him, they listened to Sato, and now Sato will lose 10 positions (on the grid) in his next race. But Michael is going to start (qualifying) third in Brazil, which is no good.

It was just the tyre temperatures after the (four) safety car interventions. We didn't have enough temperature. With this kind of tyre, we need to have much more temperature. We lose grip. Without temperature we don't have grip, we don't have the right pressure.

The seven points we picked up, four from Felipe and three with Michael, are very important in as far as the future is concerned in that we're only at the start of the season. I'm very pleased for Felipe because he deservedly got his first championship points as a Ferrari driver.

After two races, it's too early. Felipe could not defend his chances in his first Grand Prix in Bahrain, so I think he did a pretty good job (in Malaysia.) He's under a lot of pressure as well, so it's important that he can score points and he can demonstrate that he's a very good driver.

Again, a funny question. I said to you that Rubens is with us until the 31st of December, so does that mean I put Rubens with you in Istanbul not doing something and just for the pleasure of having him? No, he will drive and honestly he is doing a very good job. He's very motivated, very dedicated. We have been very fair to him and I'm expecting him to be very fair to Ferrari.

After this morning's free practice we were hoping for a better result than this, but the result over one flying lap this afternoon did not come up to our expectations. In fact, both our drivers found that their cars did not perform as well as they had done in the morning. However, I believe we will see a closely contested race on a track where overtaking is possible, especially on the main straight. Of course, it's not possible to make any more definitive predictions because of the usual unknowns surrounding the different fuel levels, consistency of tyre performance and reliability.

I had a few opportunities at the beginning when he took over Minardi to meet him. I will not miss him.

In the past years, we have developed the nice tradition of winning races on a new track, but today that run has come to an end. I am very disappointed, especially for the large number of Ferrari fans we could see in the grandstands at this great facility. We must get back to work immediately, along with our partner Bridgestone, to analyse the situation. Our aim is to be as well prepared as possible for the race in Monza and those that follow in what has turned out to be a particularly tough season.

Honestly, I want to finish in the best position in the table as possible. I've lost the dream to win both championships, but now at least we have to secure third position if possible.

Honestly, I think the most we can hope for is to get our cars home in the points.

If he feels he is not competitive enough, that is when he will stop. But he is very intelligent. He loves driving and being with the team and winning races.

If Ferrari needed him and found him available, the answer is yes. He's very strong, he never complains, he doesn't blame others if he loses.

I don't think he's given anything to Formula One,

He came after many other famous drivers and I'm trusting that the day Michael decides he's going to change his future we are going to have other great drivers who are going to write the history of Ferrari. We are going to announce it when we consider it suitable to announce it. Now we are focusing on 2006.

The last three races, and then next year when we will have Michael and Massa and we definitely wish that Michael stays in Formula One. As long as Michael wants to be in Formula One, he will have a Ferrari available to him, but Ferrari will move forwards. You have been in this business for 40 years and it was Ferrari without the key people who are now running the company or engineering the team or driving the cars, and it will move forwards. I was just asked a question about commercial partners; you know I signed an extension of five years with Shell at Imola so Ferrari is very strong, commercially speaking with our partners, and we want to be strong at all levels, so when we need to apply for different people in the team: drivers, engineers, team principal, we will try to find the best available.