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Mattiacci: I thought the call from Montezemolo was a late April Fool's joke

Mattiacci: I thought the call from Montezemolo was a late April Fool's joke 18 April, 2014 Ferrari's new team principal, the hitherto virtually unknown Marco Mattiacci revealed to media in Shanghai that he thought Luca di Montezemolo's offer to lead the legendary Maranello outfit was a belated April Fool's joke, and also explained the reason he has been wearing dark sunglasses throughout his first day on the job is simply because he has not slept for four days. Speaking to journalists in Shanghai Mattiacci revealed, 'I received a call at 5.58 on [last] Friday morning. The chairman Montezemolo was on the phone and told me, ‘This is my idea' and I thought that April Fool was already...
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