Quote Originally Posted by easy rider
It looks as if Kimi after all has made the right move, by moving to the Scuderia.
And Ferrari made the wrong decision in taking him.

Alonso has the support of Luca di Montezemolo. Raikkonen has the backing if Stefano Domenicali. With Ferrari having struggled to win a title since 2008, Domenicali is under pressure to perform. By supporting Raikkonen, his fate is tied to the Finn. That will bring him into opposition with di Montezemolo, who pretty much *is* Ferrari, and has already laid down the law by saying Raikkonen was taken to score points rather than win titles in his Christmas address. Domenicali, on the other hand, lobbied for Raikkonen to get the seat over Hulkenberg, who was di Montezemolo's choice, and since di Montezemolo usually gets his way, taking Raikkonen was a major coup for Domenicali. So the battle between Alonso and Raikkonen will be the battle for Ferrari's soul, because it's really a proxy war being fought between di Montezemolo and Domenicali. Di Montezemolo wields considerable influence over the team, but Domenicali has the luxury of directly influencing things day-to-day.

None of this bodes well for their championship campaign, because the winner of the intra-team battle will reaffirm his backer's influence over the team. Domenicali has much more to lose than di Montezemolo, so if Alonso out-performs Raikkonen this year, both Raikkonen and Domenicali could be looking for alternative forms of employment in 2015.