Jean Todt
Jean Todt
Jean Todtis a French motor sport executive. After a career as a rally co-driver he worked in motor sport management, first with Peugeot Talbot Sport, then with Scuderia Ferrari, before being appointed Chief Executive Officer of Ferrari from 2006 to 2008. Since 23 October 2009 he has been President of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile...
ProfessionSports Executive
Date of Birth25 February 1946
good knew michael pit position predict quicker quite start stops
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.
again bad future good hard leave period start year
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.
accept good situation
We have to accept the situation and do a good race, just as we did in Malaysia.
chances defend good grand job points pressure score
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.
drive expecting fair funny good honestly istanbul mean pleasure until
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.
advice answer awhile good maybe normally phone pit vibrating win
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,
last michael remember since time
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.
determination excuse great humility means return season
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.
accurate analyzing final moment problem
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.
achieve best job trying
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.
finishing stronger
There is so much going on that I still feel the possibility of finishing much stronger at the end of the season.
agreement document principals regarding signed team testing
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.
definitely friday green job less running testing thinking track
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.
challenge improve number title
Number 5 is a setback. The challenge to improve is even bigger. We want the title back.