Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has backed out-of-form Formula One world champion Kimi Raikkonen and deflated speculation Fernando Alonso might be coming to the Italian team.

"All this criticism of Raikkonen reminds me of when (Filippo) Inzaghi was at Juventus and everyone said he was in crisis if he didn't score for three matches," Montezemolo told reporters during Formula One testing at Monza on Friday.

When asked if Raikkonen and his Brazilian team mate Felipe Massa will be Ferrari's drivers in 2009, he replied: "Yes, absolutely."