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Post by LRW on Mar 2, 2016 15:54:20 GMT
Aww man such a sweet bit of news and the link doesn't work for me.
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Post by Hammer on Mar 2, 2016 15:56:58 GMT
Ok not like I had hoped, but I guess there's some cover up going on from Ferrari's No.1 driver.
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Post by LRW on Mar 22, 2016 14:09:07 GMT
This tweet by John Noble.
I can find much more info on what has happened.
(for Stoney: Extending my deepest condolences to Ferrari technical director James Allison at this difficult time, following the death of his wife.)
Edit: Ive managed to find one spanish tweet which claims it was Meningitis.
Translation: Yesterday was the wife of the head of Ferrari, James Allison. Rebeca Allison passed away suddenly of a fulminant meningitis.
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Post by racechick on Mar 22, 2016 22:25:41 GMT
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Post by RyRy on Mar 26, 2016 1:52:51 GMT
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Post by Frontrunner on Mar 26, 2016 2:03:28 GMT
Its a handy setup but I still think the extra formation lap is still be the main cause of Merc's bad start in Melbourne. Bahrain will shows if Ferrari do have a some advantage at the lights we get a normal start procedure.
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Post by Wß on Apr 28, 2016 16:44:25 GMT
Not much technical info in this video but I thought it was interesting to show much much deviation there can be between personal preferences in a car, there are some pretty significant differences in the team mate steering wheels here.
Maybe one of them is left handed?
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Post by CookinFlat6 on May 12, 2016 17:26:19 GMT
Less than a year ago, when Ferrari were doing their staff culling, I remember a discussion along the lines of how Ferrari have sacked and rehired people for the daftest reasons (passion is often mentioned). Rory Bryne fired and rehired about 4 times each way, Kimi is still there as it would be to embarrassing to sack him again when he is so good being beaten. But Ferari are now going for the world record prized twats award
Aldo Costa - Hired as Tech Director for being Italian (when they sacked foreign 'mercenaries' Bryne, Todt, Brawn) sacked for being Italian (they decided they didnt want Montezemolos nationalistic 'Italians only dream team' and hired Fry who was then sacked) Sergio has now fully acquired the Ferrari passion!
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Post by racechick on May 12, 2016 17:57:43 GMT
Hahaha musical staff. Stops things getting boring if you aren't winning races.
Presumably Ferrari have to offer huge salaries to these people if they want to rehire them after having sacked them?
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Post by Wß on May 12, 2016 18:29:35 GMT
It's to be a Ferrari fan.
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Post by CookinFlat6 on May 12, 2016 19:15:59 GMT
Hahaha musical staff. Stops things getting boring if you aren't winning races. Presumably Ferrari have to offer huge salaries to these people if they want to rehire them after having sacked them? Yup, they have to offer a huge inflated salary to someone who probably still bears a grudge from how he was sacked unfairly - like Aldo Costa who said diplomatically that he stil liked one or two people there Im sure such a person rehired on an inflated wage and waiting to be sacked again is gonna really produce his best stuff - ask Kimi
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Post by LewEngBridewell on May 14, 2016 21:36:58 GMT
Watching Ferrari has been painful this season. After the start at Melbourne, they should really have gone on to win the race, I think, and terrible strategy put paid to that. Add Raikkonen's mechanical retirement into the mix, and the first race was pretty costly.
Since then, more mechanical issues, and on track incidents have seriously hampered the Scuderia's season, and what do we see in Barcelona? A Ferrari team that is off the pace and getting pushed back even further by RBR.
Some seriously missed opportunities so far I think.
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Post by CookinFlat6 on May 14, 2016 22:22:15 GMT
Perhaps the team caught playing with the tyre pressures was not Red Bull afterall but Ferrari. They were quick in the practice sessions but suddenly got slow when the car went into Parc ferme for Q2 When a Ferrari boss insists his team will suddenly start winning is normally the time to start looking for 'lateral rule interpretation' And Arivabene/Arivaderchi looked completely shell shocked when asked what hapened
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Post by Wß on May 16, 2016 10:47:55 GMT
Interesting hypothesis there cookie. It does fit with what we've seen on track as far as performance correlation.
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Post by CookinFlat6 on May 16, 2016 10:50:28 GMT
Especially when you consider Haas' recent performances. It was said that a top team + a midfield team were the perps, the media assumed RBR+STR
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Post by Wß on May 16, 2016 13:11:31 GMT
I assumed. I may need to apologize to the team I dislike most. Interesting how that works out though, in any case, the emperor's new clothes indeed.
Despite all of the resources Ferrari are finding it difficult to compete in the modern F1.
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Post by CookinFlat6 on May 16, 2016 16:40:23 GMT
It must really burn the Ferrari fans that their factory team - the oldest on the grid with, most experience making engines, and in an engine era, can get beaten by a drinks maker with a customer engine named after a watch. Yes we know they got spanked in the aero age, but an engine dominated era? And after all the help and staff Merc gave them
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Post by Hammer on May 16, 2016 16:54:31 GMT
Biggest budget 5 WDC quality drivers Most political pull Has a sister team in Haas for additional info Longest history Power of vetos for rules no other team possesses Extra cash bonus just for showing up 2 Mercedes cars out on 1st lap
= Redbull wins.
Spanked up Overboost must feel so proud.
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Post by Wß on May 16, 2016 18:02:12 GMT
Schumacher is clearly now secretly helping TAG develop their engines.
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Post by Wß on May 16, 2016 22:49:28 GMT
Went to drop my mother in law back today and I was driving for about six hours total, lots of time to think. Circumstantial eve dice I know, but Grosjean was the one very vociferous driver a couple of weeks ago complaining to Pirelli about tire pressures. Wasn't the case the first three races of the year though.
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