The Ferrari thread !

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Originally Posted by Valve Bounce

May I refer you to post #1456.

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You may, you may!

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Originally Posted by pallone col bracciale

But there isn't a fast and talented Italian F1 driver currently.

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Given the hype that Ferrari trumps itself up to behold, you'd think more Italians would want to work up through the series from karts to GP2 etc with the ambition of one day driving for the 'great team'.

Or is that a bit OTT?

Perhaps Ferrari is just 'another' longstanding F1 team....

IMMVHO, naturally.

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

You may, you may!

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And your answer is....................?

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

Given the hype that Ferrari trumps itself up to behold, you'd think more Italians would want to work up through the series from karts to GP2 etc with the ambition of one day driving for the 'great team'.

Or is that a bit OTT?

Perhaps Ferrari is just 'another' longstanding F1 team....

IMMVHO, naturally.

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Ferrari is THE long standing team in F1. At least you got that right!

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Originally Posted by Valve Bounce

I think this is being extremely unfair. Apart from the fact that Ferrari prefers to have the best drivers from the grid in their team, I have read somewhere that the trauma of Bandini's crash at Monaco resulted in Enzo preferring not to become involved in F1 races himself, and his preference not to have Italian drivers because of how he suffered from that occasion.

Of course, others will come up with different reasons, but that's what I read many years ago.

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Originally Posted by Valve Bounce

And your answer is....................?

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Sorry Valve, but what was the question?

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

Sorry Valve, but what was the question?

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It's in the post you purported to have read. It was the reason why Ferrari was not keen to hire Italian drivers.

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Originally Posted by Valve Bounce

It's in the post you purported to have read. It was the reason why Ferrari was not keen to hire Italian drivers.

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Could you post the post I am purported to have read in my previous post, where I asked what was the question, when you questioned what my answer ought to have been, but I was unsure, because I questioned whether you had, in fact, actually asked a question that indeed required an answer.

I suppose I could just put 42.......

EDIT - that's sneaky Valve, I responded to this; "Valve Bounce has just replied to a thread you have subscribed to entitled - The Ferrari thread - in the Formula 1 forum of {MotorsportForums}.

This thread is located at:
http://www.motorsportforums.com/foru...6&goto=newpost

Here is the message that has just been posted:
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Sorry Valve, but what was the question?
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It's in the post you purported to have read."
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But I see you have subsequently added to the post.

Maybe my answer should now be 43? ;)

Aha.

So, what happens if, one day, an Italian driver is the best of the pack (I know, but work with me here, ok?)

Do Ferrari overlook him because of past precedent?

What about Luca's obsession with that dude that rides the bikes and a third Ferrari?

Rossi isn't it? Isn't he Italian?

Could you name the great Italian drivers you think Ferrari should have hired since Bandini?

To my knowledge, there haven't been any.

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Originally Posted by pallone col bracciale

Could you name the great Italian drivers you think Ferrari should have hired since Bandini?

To my knowledge, there haven't been any.

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That is exactly the point.

If Ferrari is such a national institution - not having started out as one as you say - and is THE draw and is tantamount to F1, ya da, ya da, ya da, why are there not more dreamy eyed Italian bambino's being groomed into karting, with a view to working up the series, learning their skills etc, to one day drive for THE team?