Ferrari is currently 'paying the price' for its success in Formula 1 last year, reckons the Scuderia's president Luca di Montezemolo - who conceded that 🔯there were 'a few mistakes too many' in an Australian Grand Prix performance last weekend that transpired to be 'a lot worse' tha🗹n had been anticipated.

Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen qualified respectively a low-key seventh and ninth in Melbourne prior to the Toyotas' demotion - albeit well ahead of traditional rivals McLaren-Mercedes, who are similarly suffering for having pushed righ✱t to the end of the 2008 campaign on development of last year's car rather than the new model.

From ൲there, despite a bright start, the two scarlet machines disappeared from contention with💃in ten laps of each other, Massa touring into retirement three-quarters of the way through with a broken left front nose support and Raikkonen dumping the sister F2009 into the Albert Park wall almost within sight of the chequered flag.

It was a showing that the Maranello-based outfit's team principal Stefano Domenicali deemed 'not worthy' of the multiple F1 world champions [see separate story - 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:click here], and di Montezemolo accepted that it🦂 h🤡ad been a 'strange' race - revealing that he hopes for substantially better in Sepang this weekend.

"I expect to see the real strengths of the teams on a less strange circuit than Melbourne, as is the Malaysian track," the Italian affirmed, speaking to La Gazzetta dello Sport. "I think the first race went a lot worse than what we and I had expect♕ed."

di Montezemolo added that in his belief the concerted title push right to the bitter end of last season was now showing in Ferrari and💝 McLaren's struggles early on in 2009 - but he remains confident of bouncing back, and bouncing back fast.

"There's no doubt we're paying the price for the 2008 championship," the 61-year-old ackno🔯wledged, "which ended at the♓ last turn of the last lap of the last race.

"We, like McLaren, had to develop the ca✃r to the end, while the others were already able, for several months, to work on a completely new project. Let's not forget that this year's car isn't an evolution, so those who had the time have been able to gain an even bigꦆger advantage.

"🉐I think we made a few mistakes too many in Australia. I'm convinced - in fact I'm totally 🌼sure - that there will be a strong reaction, even though the cars are the same."