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"  Although last year&amp;#039;s ALMS GT season didn&amp;#039;t finish as well as we wanted, or how we thought it would, it was a great season. We had some fantastic races in the Risi Ferrari, some great results, and we were always in the title hunt right up to the last minute\u2014literally!   Personally, I never made any big mistakes that caused us to lose points, and always took the car to the checker without crashing or losing it in any way, so I&amp;#039;m proud of my season. I put a lot of energy and time into learning new circuits and, if I don&amp;#039;t get to race in the U.S. this year, it will be a shame to waste that experience. I finished 2nd in the Driver Championship and want to finish that last lap, go all the way and win the title.   As race fans will recall, the 2010 Petit Le Mans was a great race, but we ran out of fuel on the last lap and lost the championship. The outcome still hurts\u2014even now.   Toni [Vilander] and I had a good week preparing for the race. We started 2nd but after 58 minutes had an issue and went to last, one lap down. We both drove so hard for the rest of the race, battling with the BMWs and Corvette. We not only caught up again, we managed to pull away. We had a good gap but then everyone knows what happened. We were doing things like triple-stinting tires on one side and double-stinting the others to save time in the pits, and such old tires made the car difficult to drive.   I feel bad for three reasons. One: We lost the race itself. Two: Ferrari lost the Manufacturer Championship, the biggest target. Three: I may never have the chance to do it again. We should have won, but that&amp;#039;s racing.   Since then, I&amp;#039;ve helped develop the new Ferrari 458 Challenge car. Michelotto has done a very good job developing the F458, and it looks a lot faster than the F430. I think the biggest developments are the handling, gearbox and traction control, and, of course, it&amp;#039;s beautiful to look at.   The car is a lot stiffer, more like an open-wheeler, and very precise with the steering wheel. With the 430, it was quite easy to lose the rear or miss a braking point but there&amp;#039;s 50 percent less body movement with this car, so you can concentrate on going fast instead of thinking about body roll or losing it in a corner. I think both amateurs and professionals will find it easier to drive. A big difference is the gearbox, which is a lot faster; it changes up and down so quickly. With the 430 you have to hope you are on the right revs to accept gears, but now you get to a corner and can shift down even at the last moment. The traction control is also much better than in the 430, making it easy to exit corners. With the development of the 458 Challenge car and the test results so far, it&amp;#039;s looking good for the new GT2 car.   Sooner or later this car will make a difference, and I think the 458 will be even better in the ALMS than the 430. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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