Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali attended today's Real Madrid basketball practice as a guest of head coach and personal friend Ettore Messina.

"Ettore is a good friend, a great professional and a true champion. He is an icon as both a person and basketball coach. He is very knowledgeable about world basketball. Real Madrid should feel privileged to have the best coach in Europe," said Domenicali, who later commented on Ferrari. "We have to take things slowly. It is too early to draw any conclusions. Fernando Alonso is doing an excellent job so far," he added.