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Just a thought:
You have an Itallian in a Ferrari
This Itallian thought his F1 racing career was over
He has also never scored a point with a realistic chance in a potentially race winning car
His stomach will be turning quicker than his engine come race day.
Good luck to him but that is a hell of a lot of pressure to cope with.
Poor choice by Ferrari in my opinion. Badoer is a good test driver but is not a good racing driver. Back in '99 they did the right thing and appointed Salo, who was a free agent and much better than Badoer, who was, ironically, being outpaced by Marc Gene in a Minardi that year.Quote:
Originally Posted by pino
Badoer has had his chances in F1, he is not F1 material and never will be and this appointment astonishes me.
If you were Ferrari and the WDC and WCC are a lost cause, the high profile, high attention move of schumi fell through, what would be the next best thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bezza
An Italian driving a ferrari after nearly 2 decades again. To me from PR perspective, and "feel good story" this was the best option for them. If they were 100% in the fight for either the WCC or WDC, they would have gone out and signed Bourdais, NPJr, sato, or klien. I'm pretty sure they would have/probably had made a run at liuzzi or pantano.
Its tough for gene but to me there is nothing between them and nobody is owed a seat, especially since they were both hired specifically to be testers.
They should have called up Salo IMO ;)
Not much these days with data acquisition and the amount of sensors the cars have these days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Knock-on
A good test driver is someone who can drive consistantly lap after lap and not adapt to the handling characteristics from set up changes and new bits and pieces.
Yeah!! they would have been better off offering the seat to Jaime. I don't think he's Italian. And he's just a pup in F1. He could have ended up on the podium.Quote:
Originally Posted by Knock-on
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Originally Posted by Valve Bounce
Who said Luca wouldn't do a good job?
I merely said it's a lot of pressure on the guy.
Just imagine if he wins!! Hollywood producers and Directors would have been knocking on Ferrari's door for the rights to the story, and, of course, to buy a the latest model Ferrari. I mean, this would even be greater than Free Willy.Quote:
Originally Posted by truefan72
Not me. :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Knock-on
Maybe ioan - ask him again.
Which is like saying you trust one liar more than another.Quote:
Originally Posted by pino
I still reckon Gene would've been the more sensible choice, he's had far more recent racing experience (he won the Le Mans 24h a couple of months back), but nonetheless I think Badoer will be solid.
What do Ferrari have to lose, really? Bringing in another F1 driver at short notice would be tricky, at least Badoer knows how the team works and can probably set up the car well. He'll bring the car home in the points and can offer insight for developments, so I say good luck to him :up: