The Ferrari thread !

i think the only person pushing Massa back will be Massa, and the Dr's won't let him near a car until he's fully fit. i do think there is a good chance of him making Brazil, i don'ty think he'd be making that sort of expectation without some decent advice from teh many dr's who have now seena and worked with him - i agree though, the worst possible thing (much worse than Badoer tooling around at the back) would be Massa coming back too son and doing any further damage - i think everyone wants to see a fully fit Massa back on track as soon as possible, not a nearly fit Massa back before that

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by wedge

No one's perfect.

Even your knowledge is appalling at times.

---

As you say, no one is perfect, but than some are really really bad.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by ioan

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?!

---

I agree with your post.
Luca should keep away from F1 team, but his actions have meant we dont have Brawn and Todt at the team anymore. Both are huge losses.
In a way I miss the old Ferrari of Todt times, and I am not talking about the results only. Nowadays Ferrari seems too friendly almost with SD at helm, you never got that sort of feeling from Todt.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by ioan

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.

---

I have read some news on Felipes recovery which indicate his return might be further away than we would hope/we expected.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Garry Walker

I have read some news on Felipes recovery which indicate his return might be further away than we would hope/we expected.

---

I hope you aren talking about the Turun Sanomat rumors. I'm not sure that they aren't just making up things in order to make sure that if Alonso has a contract for next year than Kimi get's the other instead of Felipe. I hope it's just Finnish wishful thinking and writing.

Last time there was a public comment about Felipe's condition it was said that his left eye is now up to 95% of it's previous performance after recovering from like 40% it had after he was woken up from the induced coma.

Anyway, he's got until next season to rest and improve his condition, no need to come back sooner, there are enough drivers out there who can do a better job than Badoer is doing right now.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by ioan

I hope you aren talking about the Turun Sanomat rumors. I'm not sure that they aren't just making up things in order to make sure that if Alonso has a contract for next year than Kimi get's the other instead of Felipe. I hope it's just Finnish wishful thinking and writing.

Last time there was a public comment about Felipe's condition it was said that his left eye is now up to 95% of it's previous performance after recovering from like 40% it had after he was woken up from the induced coma.

Anyway, he's got until next season to rest and improve his condition, no need to come back sooner, there are enough drivers out there who can do a better job than Badoer is doing right now.

---

I was talking about that indeed, I was shown that article.
With brain injuries, you never know what you are going to get.
So before he is back, I wouldnt be too confident about anything. Lets hope for the best obviously.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Garry Walker

I was talking about that indeed, I was shown that article.

---

That's good, I was affraid that there were some news about his conditions that I missed.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Garry Walker

With brain injuries, you never know what you are going to get.
So before he is back, I wouldnt be too confident about anything. Lets hope for the best obviously.

---

I agree and hope that all he needs is time to heal.

Good race from Kimi. Luca, well, looking at the bright side, he seemed more impressive than Jean-Denis Deletraz.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by DexDexter

Good race from Kimi. Luca, well, looking at the bright side, he seemed more impressive than Jean-Denis Deletraz.

---

When Yoong and Ide were racing in F1, it was fun to think in categories like "what if... the teams of drivers were reversed and those no-hopers were in top cars - how would they fare?" Well, thanks to Ferrari we have been able to see that now. :p :

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by jens

When Yoong and Ide were racing in F1, it was fun to think in categories like "what if... the teams of drivers were reversed and those no-hopers were in top cars - how would they fare?" Well, thanks to Ferrari we have been able to see that now. :p :

---

We didn't see anything.
For what we saw Ide and Yoong were slow in crap cars, Badoer is crap in a fast car. Or maybe I missed Ide's or Yoong's team mates finishing on the podium while they were dead last?!
There's a difference.