Everything is almost ready now in the Albert Park paddock. Tomorrow is the first day of official action for the race weekend, starting with the usual FIA run media meetings. Today, all the Scuderia engineers have been at the track, with the exception of Pat Fry, currently on a flight to Melbourne. Fernando Alonso showed up at the circuit before spending time on one of his favourite sports, cycling. His race engineer, Andrea Stella made the most of it to have a quick technical meeting with the Spaniard in the build up to the first Grand Prix of the season: there will be more time for talk, at least until the first free practice session on Friday, and then the track will have its say in terms of giving an initial opinion.
Everyone is eager to get going with a new challenge, said Team Principal Stefano Domenicali, talking to www.ferrarif1.com, before getting on the flight to Australia. Its going to be a very long season and, at least as far as see it, a very unpredictable one: there are many teams who look like being in the hunt, especially in the early stages. We arrive in Australia knowing we have not reached our goals in terms of performance for a variety of reasons, which we have discussed at length over the past few days. However, I wish to repeat what I said before, we still need to wait a few days before knowing where we stand in relation to the others. Im convinced that we will be in the fight and we will be there right to the end. I said the same thing at the end of last season: if we happen to do well in the first race, we will not be making a show of ourselves, just as we must not feel downhearted if we are not competitive at the highest level. All we must do is stay focussed on the job of developing the car. The championship does not end until the end of November, which is something we should never forget.
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