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
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.
apply asked available best business commercial company definitely driving extension ferrari five formula key last michael move next people question running shell signed speaking stays strong team three wants wish year
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.
listened lose michael next positions start third
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.
car lose safety
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.
concerned far ferrari four future picked pleased points seven start three
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.
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.
afternoon believe both cars closely consistency contested definitive drivers flying found free fuel hoping lap main perform performance possible practice race result track unknowns usual
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.
accept potential reflect result
It was a disappointing qualifying session. The result does not reflect out potential, but we have to accept what happen.
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.
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.
expect results sure
At this moment, I did expect better results from him. But I'm sure they will come.
grand lack watch
Did you watch the Grand Prix today? ... We lack grip.