Luca Badoer Finally Gets Ferrari Drive

[ioan]

Thats abit strong

He just keeps digging that hole alone for no apparent reason. Even Lewis Hamilton's comments in his rookie year look mature in comparison with what Badoer spouts.

[52Paddy]

Ah Luca, Luca, Luca. It just never did make sense did it?

BMS Lola -> Minardi -> Forti -> out of drive -> Minardi -> 10 year absense -> Ferrari

Recipe for disaster in retrospect.

[truefan72]

Badeor's latest comments eradicate what little empathy anyone had for him. I hope he only tells his kids about his drives at Ferrari and doesn't show them the embarrassing videos. And for their sake I hope they don't go to a maranello local school as they would be surely the subject of taunts.

[Knock-on]

I can't see what everyone is so hot under the collar about

There is a good chance that the press did hasten his depart because he was too slow. OK, he might be deluding himself a bit but you hardly expect him to stand up and say he was crap. After all, he cut the gap from 3 or 4 seconds to Kimi when he started to <1.5 in the last qualify session.

As for the rest of the statement, it' svery frank and honest. Fisi is a quicker driver than him and he admits it and wishes Fisi well.

If that's a lack of dignity ioan then you could do with learning from it

Well done Luca. You had your dream and I hope you remember with fondness those 2 drives when you tell your Grandchildren about them.

[ShiftingGears]

Evil press! Making him qualify last... twice.

Excellent.

[BeansBeansBeans]

He just keeps digging that hole alone for no apparent reason. Even Lewis Hamilton's comments in his rookie year look mature in comparison with what Badoer spouts.

You're hardly a suitable judge of maturity.

[BeansBeansBeans]

Evil press! Making him qualify last... twice.

It isn't that black and white though Dave. Ferrari may or may not have decided to give him another race or two to get up to speed but the press coverage meant there was only one choice they could make.

[ioan]

You're hardly a suitable judge of maturity.

What a great addition to this thread. Now, can you post something else than personal attacks?

[ioan]

It isn't that black and white though Dave. Ferrari may or may not have decided to give him another race or two to get up to speed but the press coverage meant there was only one choice they could make.

Maybe they should have stopped the press from covering his results, heck they should have even stopped TV broadcasting so that no one knows how bad BADoer is.

The guy wanted to drive a Ferrari so badly he didn't care that he wasn't up to the task.
IMO there is a time in life when one should be mature enough to say : 'No thanks, I tried but I'm not good enough, just give someone else a chance.'

[Dave B]

It isn't that black and white though Dave. Ferrari may or may not have decided to give him another race or two to get up to speed but the press coverage meant there was only one choice they could make.

I believe that Ferrari's finishing place in the Constructors' Championship was a far bigger factor than anything the press might have written. Pride, and the small matter of several million Euros, rest on the outcome.

They'd have let Robert Mugabe drive if he could have finished on the podium; Badoer's results spoke for themselves without the press pointing them out.