MS @ Spanish GP

[ioan]

Both Felipe and Kimi have welcomed him back to the action. Well Felipe a bit more enthusiastic about it than Kimi.

Kimi:
"He is here to help the team. Hopefully he has much more time to look at what the other teams are doing and comes up with some ideas.

"That is the way he is approaching the weekend and naturally he is not coming to us to tell us how to drive the cars. It has never been the thing why he is here."

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/58673

Felipe:

"I'm very happy about it," said Massa. "He will surely be able to give us an extra boost and enthusiasm. Personally I owe Michael a lot: in the year we were together he taught me many things.

"I've improved also thanks to him and in Montmelo I'll do my best to show him that."

http://www.planet-f1.com/story/0,189...116218,00.html

[Valve Bounce]

For Kimi, those were extremely enthusiastic words - normally, this guy is quite placid. If you watch "The Eagle" on TV, which is a Danish show, you'll understand what I am saying. By the way, it's my favourite TV show.

I have worked for and with Scandinavians for several years, and this is their style. However, they were the best people I have ever worked with.

[Storm]

Its like Kimi thinks MS to be an adviser and Massa comes off as a fanboy.

[janneppi]

Niki Lauda doesn't think MS does more than improves teams morale
http://www.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlin...10182152.shtml

"But all this gossip about him being an advisor or an assistant is rubbish.
I do not know what the internal arrangements are, but my belief is that he is simply curious about keeping motor racing as a part of his life."

[ioan]

Niki Lauda doesn't think MS does more than improves teams morale
http://www.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlin...10182152.shtml

Old Niki always bitter about everyone that is still there while he's been forgotten!
He wasn't able to improve Jag's morale, let alone their track performances.

BTW, is there a person that isn't on the grid in this moment that would be able to be a better all round adviser than MS?

[janneppi]

Propably not, altough Ross Brawn might be more beneficial.

[CarlMetro]

What I want is for someone to make sure that it is Felipe who is actually driving the Ferrari on Sunday during the race

[ioan]

What I want is for someone to make sure that it is Felipe who is actually driving the Ferrari on Sunday during the race

Just keep an eye on how tall the driver is!

[ioan]

Niki Lauda doesn't think MS does more than improves teams morale
http://www.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlin...10182152.shtml

Back to this point, the interesting part of Lauda's interview is:

"I do not know what the internal arrangements are..."

Says it all.

[raphael123]

Back to this point, the interesting part of Lauda's interview is:

"I do not know what the internal arrangements are..."

Says it all.

Do you know differently? Has a team member at Ferrari spoken about Michael's role specifically? Or are you critizising Lauda for expressing an opinion because he's not laying all of Ferrari's current sucess at Schumachers feet?

Ferrari have shown that without Schumacher, and even the loss of Brawn, and Bryne (??) that they are still more than capable of winning, as they've shown by winning 2/3 opening races.

If Kimi starts beating Massa by a bigger margin than what Schumacher managed, I think it'll go a long way to dispelling that Schumacher was some sort of god like figure behind the wheel of an F1 car. Ok he wasn't as good last year as he was back in his day like 97, but he was still pretty damn good driver, one of the best and most complete.