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Ferrari to write off F1 title?

Ferrari will write off the 2010 season if the team doesn't secure a good result from the 2010 Italian GP at Monza.

That's the announcement of the famous Italian marque's F1 boss Stefano Domenicali, referring to Fernando Alonso's 41-point gap to the championship leader with only six races left to run.

"Should Monza go really badly and Red Bull's lead continue to increase, then on Monday we will begin to use all of our staff and resources for the project of next season's car," he was quoted as saying by the sports daily Corriere dello Sport.

F1 experts and pundits, including Bernie Ecclestone and Niki Lauda, had recently played down expectations that Fernando Alonso would be able to emulate the role formerly played at Ferrari by Michael Schumacher.

Domenicali disagreed: "Alonso reminds me very much of Schumacher. Since I've been with Ferrari I've not seen a driver who has as strong a presence in Maranello and follows all of our activities with the same conviction."

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