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ROME (AP) Ferrari is trying not to get too excited over its 1-2 finish in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix.

"It's a long season. Football shows us that," team director Stefano Domenicali told Italian state radio Monday, referring to how Inter Milan's big lead in Serie A has dwindled to just one point.

Ferrari conceded last season early due to its worst run of results since 1993, but newly signed Fernando Alonso won in his Ferrari debut Monday and Felipe Massa finished second in his first race since nearly losing his life in a crash at last season's Hungarian GP.

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