The Ferrari thread !

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Originally Posted by ioan

I'm deeply disappointed with the management of the team right now.
3rd in the constructors championship is turning into a pipe dream with the use of BADoer. :(

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Deeply disappointed? Do not - that's life.

Sometimes it goes up and sometimes opposite..

I think there is light in the tunnel – Massa is however recovering and will drive again this year.. he is much better and hopes to drive again in Italia … if everything goes as he hope and expect and latest in Brazil.. Did you forget when Schumi crashed and didn’t drive a long time.. Things happen..

I think Ferrari can be as 3:th in WCC anyway. Maybe Kimi take podiums now when he is in a position as the first driver.

When Schumi crashed Mika Salo did a more than respectable job replacing him.
Badoer is not even at Yuji Ide level right now. :(

Foolish.

Ferrari are probably seeking a replacement for Luca.

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Originally Posted by gloomyDAY

Foolish.

Ferrari are probably seeking a replacement for Luca.

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They should be yes.
Badoer was improving as the race progressed, but he simply does not have the pace. Never has, never will. The real comedy is that some people on this forum were so stupid as to question what would happen if Badoer outdrove Kimi or saying that Ferrari knows Badoer is good enough to win races.
Astonishing level of idiocy by some people.

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Originally Posted by Garry Walker

They should be yes.
Badoer was improving as the race progressed, but he simply does not have the pace. Never has, never will. The real comedy is that some people on this forum were so stupid as to question what would happen if Badoer outdrove Kimi or saying that Ferrari knows Badoer is good enough to win races.
Astonishing level of idiocy by some people.

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I say it every season, the level of knowledge of F1 around here is appalling, even worse than Badoer's pace compared to Kimi's.
Very often the posts are only the expression of some kind of daydreaming.

i do think most people have been surprised by just how bad Badoer was, even those he had a feeling he would be rubbish.

he is very much out of his depth. testing for hundreds of laps on a track you know at 95% of the potential is something very different from trying to extract 99% consistently whilst in a pressured race environment - it seems Ferrari understimated the size of that step, it will be interesting to see if they admit they made a mistake and try something else, or stick to their guns and just hope Massa recovers quickly enough to spare their blushes for too long.

even if Luca was going to be better at Spa and Moza his confidence will be shot and you can't be successful in F1 with no confidence

From what I read Domenicalli wanted Fisichella in the 2nd car as he is to become their 3rd driver next season. However Di Montezemolo decided he knows better! :\
Loved his expression after Badoer's first pit stop. :D

However this kind of decisions taken by people not really in the known (LdM in this case) who go as far as overruling the team's management aren't good for Ferrari.
I have the impression that things went a bit wrong back when MS retired and soon after that Ross Brawn announced his sabbatical year. I remember Todt saying that he was trying to convince Ross to come back but for some reasons it all went wrong. Now I'm sure that LdM was that reason and I believe that he was also teh reason why Todt was replaced by Domenicalli one year before his contract with Ferrari came to an end.
IMO Todt wanted to grant Ross the team boss position but Luca insisted for Domenicalli and from that point on the relations with Todt went sour.

Hopefully someone will tell LdM to keep his nose out of the F1 team, but who can do that?!

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Originally Posted by Robinho

he is very much out of his depth. testing for hundreds of laps on a track you know at 95% of the potential is something very different from trying to extract 99% consistently whilst in a pressured race environment - it seems Ferrari understimated the size of that step, it will be interesting to see if they admit they made a mistake and try something else, or stick to their guns and just hope Massa recovers quickly enough to spare their blushes for too long.

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I just hope they don't put pressure on Felipe to come back earlier than optimal.
The can make one more driver change right now, so they better do it right and fast or we might witness a Ferrari winning the race in Spa while the other comes last.

Fisi would have been a good call, but i would have been surprised if FI would have given him up without compensation - and they presumabley are already paying Badoer a retainer, so he's probably racing for little or no extra cost to the team.

whether they are now regretting that call given the cost to the reputation of the management at least we will see

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Originally Posted by ioan

I say it every season, the level of knowledge of F1 around here is appalling, even worse than Badoer's pace compared to Kimi's.
Very often the posts are only the expression of some kind of daydreaming.

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No one's perfect.

Even your knowledge is appalling at times.