No more comic capers for Ferrari

LONDON: Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has presented the struggling F1 champions with a penitent's hood while warning them not to become a laughing stock.

"It would be a euphemism to say people here were very angry, but these same people are also very determined to react," the team quoted him as saying after a 2-1/2 hour crisis meeting in Maranello on Tuesday afternoon.

"I brought with me a monk's hood to make everyone understand that we have to tackle this season with humility, and made the point that I don't want to find us on some sort of TV comedy video programme after each race," he added.