Montezemolo: "Alonso in Ferrari sooner or later"

Luca Cordero di Montezemolo declared on Friday in Monza that Fernando Alonso "sooner or later will arrive at Ferrari". The Ferrari president once again defined the Spaniard as "a fantastic driver" speaking to journalists in the paddock of the Brianza circuit.

"Sooner or later it will happen. We'll see when" declared Montezemolo. "For next year we have Raikkonen, Massa, Fisichella, Badoer, Gene and hopefully Michael Schumacher, so we have a bench as long as that of Real Madrid. We have two great champions with the 2007 champion and the man who was world champion 2008 by 15 seconds when he crossed the finish line. So I think we have two extraordinary drivers" added Montezemolo, downplaying rumors of Alonso joining Ferrari for 2010.

"Having said that, I've always liked Alonso, because he's a great driver who I noticed when he was at Minardi. He won titles and I always thought that sooner or later, all the great drivers arrive at Ferrari. Before the race from Imola, Ayton Senna came to me and said: 'I want to finish my career with Ferrari'; Prost, Lauda, ​​Mansell, Michael, so we'll see. Let's look ahead, life is long for everyone."