Arrivabene denies experiencing unbearable pressure
Ferrari’s team principal Maurizio Arrivabene has set a target of two victories ahead of the 2015 Formula 1 season. The Italian is delighted with that, but urges his team to work even harder to catch the ever-dominant Mercedes.
Working at Ferrari is probably the most grateful, but also the most gruesome task in F1. You work for a myth and at the same time you are under immense pressure. However, Ferrari’s team boss Arrivabene stated that he doesn’t feel that huge pressure.
"If you think I was under pressure, you don't know me," Arrivabene said. "You see these shoulders here, they are very large.
"I don't feel a lot of pressure because I said since the beginning that our objective was to win two races, with three wins, it would be paradise and four blah, blah, blah ... the usual story ... but will I get naked? No."
Arrivabene had been prepared to have some races where Ferrari lacked of pace and he still expects a few other venues where Ferrari should switch into defending mode rather then attacking Mercedes.
"Of course Mercedes are strong everywhere, but as I said to all your media colleagues two races ago, we are expecting to have good races and bad races over the course of this season. That doesn't mean we are stepping back, because you have to consider that sometimes the others are going up. So you have to catch again and then we need to do our job."
"In general, I have to say, the direction we took is good and we have nine races to go. During these nine races, you will hopefully see races like this one but also others like Silverstone or Spain," referring to Ferrari's Hungarian victory.
Arrivabene thinks slipping back at certain races doesn’t mean doing a bad job, it is just part of the very nature of racing.
"Sometimes, when you are talking in a very straightforward and honest way, they say that it can't be true. But for people who know Formula One, they know it is more or less like this. Even the best team, the team that is at the top, sometimes they have a fail and then they go up again, but it doesn't mean they are stepping back."
