Ferrari boss keeping feet on the ground

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo is refusing to get carried away in the wake of his team’s first victory for almost eight months.

Ferrari chalked up a significantly poignant win in Sunday’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone, coming on the 60th anniversary of their maiden triumph in Formula One at the same venue.

In taking the chequered flag, Fernando Alonso offered up hope that Red Bull and Sebastian Vettel can be stopped in their charge towards back-to-back world titles.

That would be Di Montezemolo’s dream, but he knows Sunday’s success was merely a small step on a long road with 10 races remaining, and with Alonso still 92 points adrift of Vettel.

In addressing the workforce at Ferrari’s Fiorano test track, Di Montezemolo said: “We managed to win, and that is down to you and I want to thank you all for it.

“You have done well and have shown, every single one of you, how to react at a difficult time.

“Now, however, we must keep our feet on the ground, which is something we are used to given that we know what it means to win.

“We must take another step forward because we want to win again this year.”