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
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We are pleased to have reached this agreement with Red Bull Racing to supply them with our F1 engines,
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I think we already did one step forward with the engine. I think we've understood quite a lot of things. That's why the factory has been working quite hard and it's been positive.
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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.
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This collaboration fits in with the fact that, since 1991, with a break from 1993 to 1996, Ferrari has supplied its F1 engines to other teams.
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I don't think he's given anything to Formula One,
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I had a few opportunities at the beginning when he took over Minardi to meet him. I will not miss him.
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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.
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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,
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The successes we have enjoyed have not been down to three people. It is also true that each history has an end.
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If Ferrari needed him and found him available, the answer is yes. He's very strong, he never complains, he doesn't blame others if he loses.
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If he feels he is not competitive enough, that is when he will stop. But he is very intelligent. He loves driving and being with the team and winning races.
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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.
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Our ambition is to finish third in the manufacturers' championship, and in this respect we took two points more than Toyota in Spa,
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He came after many other famous drivers and I'm trusting that the day Michael decides he's going to change his future we are going to have other great drivers who are going to write the history of Ferrari. We are going to announce it when we consider it suitable to announce it. Now we are focusing on 2006.