The common ground between the two is a strong belief in their ideas. Perseverance can make an average idea excel, but giving up halfway never makes a good idea happen.

But I do find that, believing in the operation of good as I do, I cannot make plans - important ones, I mean - but I must prepare the ground and then leave the way free as far as possible.

With so much ground still to make up, team principal Stefano Domenicali was just as keen as Montezemolo for Ferrari to keep up the good work.