Ferrari have told Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen they can count on a free and fair fight for the Formula One drivers' title.
Team boss Jean Todt said after Ferrari celebrated their second one-two of the season in Turkey on Sunday, with Brazilian Massa beating Raikkonen, that there would be no favouring either driver.
'No. It will be something that will be inappropriate for two drivers like Felipe and Kimi, doing such a good job after 12 Grands Prix with just one point difference,' he told reporters.
'At the moment there is absolutely not any plan to make any kind of strategy between one or the other one.'
Just 16 points separate fourth placed Raikkonen and McLaren's championship leader Lewis Hamilton, while the Ferrari drivers are just one point apart, with five races remaining.
Hamilton, the 22-year-old rookie who has already re-written the record books, is only five points ahead of double world champion and team mate Fernando Alonso.
With Massa's latest success, all four contenders have three wins each while Ferrari are only 11 points adrift of McLaren.
The battle has developed into one of the closest and most enthralling in years, thanks largely to both teams giving their drivers equal equipment and free rein to race each other.
Such was not the case in the past, when now-retired seven times world champion Michael Schumacher was the dominant force at Ferrari.
Where Schumacher could demand and get number one status, Massa has not allowed Raikkonen to establish his supremacy just as Hamilton has thwarted Alonso.
'Both are very talented and doing a very good job,' said Todt, whose son Nicolas is Massa's manager. 'There is a very good harmony in the team, they both want to win and there is definitely the same chance, the same support.'
Whereas in the past Ferrari have headed for their home Italian Grand Prix at Monza with all their efforts geared around Schumacher, next week's return will be very different.
Ferrari will again be favourites, even if McLaren promise a stronger showing, but Massa has as good a chance as Raikkonen.
The key will be Saturday qualifying. Massa, who took the first win of his grand prix career in Turkey last year, qualified on pole position again this time with Raikkonen third.
Although the Finn managed to make up a place at the start, he knew that his race was done after that unless some misfortune beset his team mate - is it did Hamilton with a puncture 15 laps from the finish.
The Finn set the fastest lap near the end more to relieve the boredom than anything else: 'It's something to do,' he said. 'Unfortunately in Formula One these days, the races are pretty much decided after qualifying.'
Hamilton, with a podium and precious points slipping from his grasp at Istanbul Park, might disagree but all four contenders head for Monza with everything to play for.
