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Marchionne: In 2016 we made a fool of ourselves

Sergio Marchionne started the 2016 Formula 1 World Championship season with naive expectations of grandeur, but a year down the road in which time he witnessed his team endure a woeful season, the Ferrari president has proved to be a quick learner by acknowledging that he was foolish to think his team were a match for Mercedes. Speaking during the team's annual Christmas function for media, Marchionne said, 'We did not have a successful season, and in 2016 we made a fool of ourselves saying that we had already reached the level of Mercedes.' 'After a strategic mistake in the first race in Australia we started to see the crash. The real problem is that we did not improve, but Red Bull was...
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