Ferrari boss Stefano Domenicali admits that it’s hard to understand the unpredictable form of the 2012 field.
Despite the team’s early frustrations with the F2012 Fernando Alonso currently has the same number of points as championship leader Sebastian Vettel.
“It’s difficult to understand the performance of all the cars that is changing,” said Domenicali. “It’s really difficult, and this is why the only thing we have to do is to keep the pace of improvement race by race, because we have seen up to now so many cars, so many constructors won the races.
“The classification is mixed up. Red Bull today seemed to struggle. McLaren, on one side Hamilton was very good, he did only two stops, he was eighth, Lotus were very, very strong, always there, and Williams today was perfect. So I take this opportunity to congratulate Williams with this victory. Sometimes it’s a sign of God, with this birthday of Frank, having this reward. I’m happy for him.”
Domenicali said the result would provide some good motivation for the team.
“I always say I look at the glass being half full. I think that has to be a push for all the engineers at home to make sure they improve the car. That’s the only way we have to look. If we want to win this championship we have to do a massive step, keep pushing and keep improving the downforce, mainly. With all the problems that we had since the beginning of the season, being let’s say being on top of the drivers’ championship means at least we are there. There’s a lot of improvement that we need to bring home, because our target has not changed.
Asked if Alonso’s championship position took pressure off, he said: “I think it’s not a sense of relief, because we know that tomorrow morning we are already in the next race mode.
“But for sure it’s important, and at least I’m happy for the people at home that are pushing and working hard to see the sign of their work. Because in a difficult condition when you have a lot of pressure, it’s not a problem of me, it’s a problem of the people who have to manage the engineering of it that needs to deliver the job. I’m happy because I can see the job of the last weeks was giving the right sign in terms of trend.”
Adam Cooper F1 
Stefano has great respect for Ron Dennis. That’s a good reason he should have learned from him a lesson or two how NOT to speak in public. When you are Ferrari’s team boss you can’t say what he is saying here: …it’s not my problem, it’s my engineers’ problem etc. Until recently he used to say “WE” have to improve, “WE” have to react and so on. Now he says “THEY” (his engineers) have to deliver…This is not acceptable! Ron never used the word “unfortunately”. Stefano does so much too often. Of course he should not emulate the famous Ron speak but I think my point is quite clear.
I would also like to add that after Webber was caught with the pants down during qualifying in Barcelona because of a bad call from his pit wall nobody was fired because of that silly judgment error. A few years back Ferrari fired Luca Baldisserri for exactly the same blunder! Could anyone remind Stefano of this little detail?
Stefano will never be guilty of “Ronspeak.”
I wonder if Stefano is going to survive another season of ‘mixed results.’ I do think they’re sitting in a far better position than they expected to be at the beginning of the season, and it is proof in the wisdom of hiring Fernando Alonso. What I see between the lines here in his comments is that it seems he/Ferrari are trying to figure out who or what to react to, which is not a path to excellence.