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One thing we know now is that this Badoer guy was certainly not responsible for developing the great Ferrari racers.
His reputation as a great test driver has just been shot to pieces. Both him and Ferrari can only own up to the disgrace we witnessed today. :(
Whilst I'm in total agreement that todays performance was beyond poor, I'm not sure we can assume that he didn't provide a good service to Ferrari over the years.Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
Clearly, as he was never promoted to a race seat, Ferrari never thought he was a world beater (much the same argument I have used regarding Ant Davidson - if he's so good why did he not get a race seat with BAR/Honda) but he must have done some good work to be kept on board for ten years.
Shall we just say he is past his prime??
While JV might have been the slowest he would be a hell of a better bet to be up the grid than StoneLucaQuote:
Originally Posted by Fiero 5.7
The words "monumental embarrassment" come to mind, looking at these results. And by that I mean not Luca Badoer personally (who can blame a guy who has a WORSE F1 record than ME!), but Ferrari, for being absolutely clueless about who to put into the car, and having no real backup plan (hell, Piquet or Bourdais would have done hugely better). To have a Ferrari qualify dead last WITH A GAP is truly embarrassing.
As much I feel for Luca, I think that Ferrari need to call Bourdais for the next race.
Poor Luca .
Thrown into the deep end , with no life preserver .
Didn't look too promising today , but it's been a long time , and he'll go long in the first stint .
I can't imagine the pressure on this poor , with the scorn of the Tifosi already raining heavily on his parade .
You breaka da car , you dona driva hera no mora , anda dena we breaka you legs so you dona driva anywhera elsa no mora too .
He looked scared shirtless out there .
He'll need to do pretty damned well to get any chance of keeping the seat until Felipe returns .
Felipe must be of two minds right now , with one side thinking how terrible Luca's performance has been so far for the team , and the other thinking how good this makes him look in comparison .
And , Fiero , you are right that they missed the big opportunity for a great show with JV in that seat .
Maybe next race , as it doesn't look like Luca will be there . This could be a career ending debut for Badoer .
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Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1
And your thoughts now?
Just as Ferrari did to such good effect in putting Andretti in one of their cars for Monza in 1982, in fact.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fiero 5.7
The result would have probably been similar, but I'd have to agree that it would be fun... especially if they changed the car number to 27, too :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Fiero 5.7
He'll be losing 1.5 to 2 seconds per lap to those in front of him, by the time the 19th placed car has it's first pit stop the driver will have time to have a coffee and still go back on track in front of Badoer! :\Quote:
Originally Posted by Bagwan