“At the moment, our dominance is due to several different factors,” said Todt. “We have a very strong team, fantastic drivers and great technical partners, especially Bridgestone who have provided us with great tyres. These cycles always happen and after many hard times for Ferrari, we are now winning. We know it will not last forever but we will continue to try and keep winning.”

Earlier in the press conference Michael Schumacher has told the media to ask Jean about his race strategy and naturally they jumped at the chance to do so. Todt was keen to talk about the Scuderia’s objectives from the start of the season until now. But at this stage of the weekend it would be impossible for Todt to state what strategy the team would run until after Saturday’s qualifying session. Rubens Barrichello will however start Saturday with a new chassis after his practice crash today. The damage was not too severe but the team will be sending the car back to Maranello for further examination.