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Post by racechick on Dec 29, 2015 9:00:38 GMT
Ferrari still believe they are central to the success of F1. But if they left F1, they think they would easily find other ways to promote themselves. Marchionne: "Nobody would be interested in Formula 1 without Ferrari, not even Mercedes. We are all there to compete." When asked what Ferrari would be without Formula 1, Marchionne said: "Ferrari is likely to find other ways to provide its ability to win and to race. This is so easy. www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/122346
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Post by Wß on Dec 29, 2015 13:49:52 GMT
Ferrari could try and win P1 Le Mans...
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Post by CookinFlat6 on Dec 29, 2015 14:07:15 GMT
Ferrari should best stick to series where technology is placed below tradition in the scheme of things, maybe stick to their 458 clienti stuff or Finali Mondialli etc They need to steer clear of cars like this inmotion.tue.nl/im01/
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Post by Wß on Jan 14, 2016 14:12:49 GMT
I hope this isn't the reset of the rinse, lather, repeat cycle we've come to recognize the pattern of at Ferrari. So if there's not a championship in this year's cards, what then another house cleaning?
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Post by Wß on Feb 9, 2016 14:28:44 GMT
An entertaining read over at Autosport. Ferrari is looking forward and over their shoulder at the same time. Curious to see how this year pans out, but it's not just about engines any more, from this year forward, I think the best car will win, not just the best engine.
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Post by racechick on Feb 10, 2016 8:25:06 GMT
Another interesting read WB. What I find refreshing about that is there are non of the excuses we hear from the 'passionate ' brigade.
Vettel - The reason Mercedes did so well is not only due to the power unit, but a combination of things," said Vettel.
Marchionne - "If I was to give a tip to myself and the team colleagues, it is to be extremely afraid of their rivals," said Marchionne at Christmas. Let's try from now until March to suffer and work very hard because until we will see Mercedes during the test phase in February and then later on, we cannot be calm.
Pat Symonds - I honestly don't believe there's any difference between the Ferrari engine and the customer Mercedes engine, I really don't," said Symonds, whose team is powered by Mercedes.
It seems that Ferrari have come through the excuses stage and buckled down to actually sort out the car and try to catch Mercedes They do sound confident, and I hope they are closer to Mercedes. I think if pushed Lewis would move up another notch. I read somewhere that a guy from Mercedes said that Lewis believes he is three tenths faster than Rosberg, and if he isn't, he thinks it's the car. If pushed from Vettel, I think he'd be more intent on exploiting, investigating and protecting those three tenths.
One thing I find odd about Ferrari is why they retained Kimi if they are seriously wanting to chase down Mercedes. There was lots of available talent out there to chose from. If Ferrari are closer then the driver situation becomes very interesting............
- Did Ferrari retain Kimi because it keeps Vettel sweet? My views on Vettel fluctuate. I didn't like him in his dominant Red Bull days when he was pulling tricks on Webber. I doubted he was all he was cracked up to be. I gained respect for the way he handled himself when Danni blew him away. And I continue to like how he's handling himself at Ferrari. Also I'm more convinced about him as a driver. But did Ferrari worry that a fast Rookie would unsettle him? He's shown before that he's vulnerable under pressure.
- the Mercedes drivers. Scrupulous in the fair way they treat the drivers, are Mercedes actually hampering individual performance? I'm not talking about favouring a driver, I'd hate to see that and I doubt either driver would condone it. I'm talking about how they tie themselves in knots to provide 'fair and equal ' strategies. Also how they insist drivers sharing data. I wonder if there was a serious threat from another team whether they might lighten up on this?
Also if there is a serious fight to the wire between Vettel and Hamilton, how far do you think either team would go in protecting their lead driver? Interesting musings!
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Post by Wß on Feb 10, 2016 12:51:55 GMT
Ferrari will do whatever nessesary, they always have. Mercedes would have to at some point need to tell Nico to suck it up.
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Post by Wß on Feb 10, 2016 19:59:44 GMT
Picture is worth 1000 words, Ferrari is making pretty big modifications to their PU in part because of the lifted black box spaces and they've once again removed any timeline for introducing token (homologated engines) will there be more complaints about Mercedes stifling competition you think? Full read at Motorsport.
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Post by RyRy on Feb 11, 2016 0:17:02 GMT
There's been 4 different "leaked" designs and all 4 are very different to eachother, either Ferrari are purposely leaking fake plans to throw teams off or people are just making shit up to get some publicity or the first leak was the real leak and they decided to leak other designs to try and cover it up.
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Post by Wß on Feb 11, 2016 1:38:35 GMT
I think you have to take the entirety of the info, what Mercedes has said about their engine and their advantage, what Ferrari did and is allegedly doing for their engine to gain and Honda with their very public very clear issues with the compressor.
Apparently when it comes to turbo engines, the size of the compressor turbine matter. Who'd have thunk it?
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Post by racechick on Feb 12, 2016 8:19:43 GMT
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Post by racechick on Feb 13, 2016 8:46:46 GMT
Marchionne says it would be a tragedy if Ferrari didn't win a title in ten years and is targeting winning one in the next two years. Watch out Mercedes! Ferrari are coming!! He also says Alfa Romeo should ebpnter F1 and could build their own chassis and engine. And he criticises Red Bull for the way they treated their engine partner. www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/35561427
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Post by Wß on Feb 13, 2016 11:03:00 GMT
A tragedy for who?
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Post by racechick on Feb 13, 2016 11:40:37 GMT
I can think of quite a few it would be a tragedy for.
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Post by Hammer on Feb 13, 2016 12:07:19 GMT
Marchionne says it would be a tragedy if Ferrari didn't win a title in ten years and is targeting winning one in the next two years. Watch out Mercedes! Ferrari are coming!! He also says Alfa Romeo should ebpnter F1 and could build their own chassis and engine. And he criticises Red Bull for the way they treated their engine partner. www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/35561427They've had a lot of practice not winning titles in 10 years, what about that 20y dry spell they had before the entire Benetton management moved into Ferrari to show them how to win? Lol
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Post by CookinFlat6 on Feb 13, 2016 16:58:01 GMT
Theyve had a lot of practice in the comedown after bigging themselves up at the start of a season, lots of practice at the Monza mea culpa and staff changes - this year could be the year they really take it all to the next level if they dont win the first race
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Post by racechick on Mar 2, 2016 14:28:35 GMT
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Post by Wß on Mar 2, 2016 14:46:50 GMT
They've got the fastest time on medium rubber so far. They're thereabouts.
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Post by LRW on Mar 2, 2016 15:10:12 GMT
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Post by Hammer on Mar 2, 2016 15:52:32 GMT
Aww man such a sweet bit of news and the link doesn't work for me.
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