[Inigo Montoya]

They had been calling for his head in Italy already for a couple of years. He had to go. Mattiacci is a marketing guy, and a very good manager. He is being rewarded for the excellent work he did for Ferrari in the North American market. The parallel that someone made to Briatore earlier in the thread seems appropriate. This is not a magic bullet, but in my opinion, it is a step in the right direction. My feeling is that Domenicali was in over his head, and perhaps too nice to run the show in the political pressure cooker that is Ferrari.

The general feeling in Italy (from what I have read and heard) is that di Montezemolo needs to stop his political ambitions and get back to running Ferrari properly or he will soon be out as well.