di Montezemolo has been taking motivational lessons from Flavio. Quoted on autosport "I prefer the champion, even if matured, to the mediocre driver"
a little later in the interview we have a concession to Badoer..
"[We have] faith in Luca Badoer, who's one of us," he said. "Destiny has given him a unique possibility now he has to make the best out of it. We will support him with all we've got."
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