Montezemolo: Even the best driver doesn't win alone.

      The London premiere of the documentary about Luca di Montezemolo, the former president of Ferrari, brought together many prominent figures from the world of Formula 1.

      We wrote about the new work by British directors Christopher Armstrong and Manish Pandi a couple of weeks ago, but judging by the scale of the presentation that took place on Thursday evening in London at the Everyman cinema near Hyde Park, this event served as the main premiere of the film Luca: Seeing Red.

      The title can be translated as “Luca: Seeing Red,” but, of course, it should not be taken literally, since it is based on an English idiom that signifies the display of strong emotions such as fury and anger.

      They say there were more Ferrari sports cars parked around the cinema than at the Milan premiere held a couple of weeks earlier. London police even fined several owners of expensive cars, but, as Gazzetta dello Sport writes, these minor inconveniences did not spoil the overall festive mood.

      The premiere took place in a 175-seat auditorium, and all the seats were filled by guests who had received special invitations. Among them were Bernie Ecclestone and Stefano Domenicali, the former and current heads of Formula 1 management, as well as team principals Andrea Stella and Mattia Binotto, who once worked with di Montezemolo in Maranello, Adrian Newey, the famous race car designer, and Lawrence Stroll, owner of the Aston Martin team.

      All the outward trappings of a high-profile film event were present: a red carpet, impressively large posters, banners and other décor.

      As the filmmakers explained at the premiere, the film was originally scheduled to be shown in just 14 cinemas across the UK, but because tickets sold out very quickly that number was increased to 27.

      It’s worth quoting the words of the film’s subject, Luca di Montezemolo, which he said at the premiere: “If I had to return to work at Ferrari tomorrow morning, I would have a very clear idea of which people to appoint to which positions so that the team could achieve success. From my point of view, Max Verstappen is the best driver — that’s unquestionable, as he demonstrated at the recent race in Baku under difficult conditions. But even the very best driver cannot win alone. If in his day Enzo Ferrari always said that success was 50% down to the driver and 50% to the car, now 80% depends on the car. Therefore the team must continue to work and develop.”