For once, SR71, I totally agree with you 100%. The very best guy would be good in any team.SR71 wrote:Talented professionals thrive under pressure.F1NAC wrote:If Marchionne keeps his nose messing with f1 department even Newey wont help them unfortunately. He should hire if he can find an engineer like Key as you were all saying but then he need to let them work in peace and not putting them under pressure. Raising pressure wont help anyonePlatinumZealot wrote:
This! James Key is the best pick if they can get him. He has a great track record of creativity and development pace though he always had to deal with very limited resources.
It's only people who don't understand this that say pressure is bad.
It's Ferrari, it's F1, if you can't handle pressure you're not qualified to be there.
Very true, but only with good pressure. To perform well you need vision and confidence. Bad pressure will destroy that.Pierce89 wrote:For once, SR71, I totally agree with you 100%. The very best guy would be good in any team.SR71 wrote:Talented professionals thrive under pressure.F1NAC wrote: If Marchionne keeps his nose messing with f1 department even Newey wont help them unfortunately. He should hire if he can find an engineer like Key as you were all saying but then he need to let them work in peace and not putting them under pressure. Raising pressure wont help anyone
It's only people who don't understand this that say pressure is bad.
It's Ferrari, it's F1, if you can't handle pressure you're not qualified to be there.
Since Alonso left the team Ferrari scored 25 podiums, including 3 GP wins. McLaren scored exactly ZERO. So yes, he was a foolRedNEO wrote:I'm surprised you can still ask that question with a straight face. Alonso was absolutely right to leave Ferrari, the man who tried to convince him to stay just abandoned ship today. Ferrari are going backwards this year and McLaren look like the better place to be next year with its stability and especially if Honda find those extra horses.wickedz50 wrote:Was Alonso a fool to give up that Ferrari seat for an unknown journey?ripper wrote:The only bet he could take for next year, if he breaches the contract, is to substitute JB at McLaren
25 podiums and 3 GP wins. Yes, not bad but 0 Driver´s championships and it´s looking like I´ll take a while for the next one. McLaren might even win it before Ferrari. Alonso is no fool, I believe it was all or nothing for him, and rightly so with his talent and age. He doesn´t want podiums, he wants the championship.Scuderia1967 wrote:Since Alonso left the team Ferrari scored 25 podiums, including 3 GP wins. McLaren scored exactly ZERO. So yes, he was a foolRedNEO wrote:I'm surprised you can still ask that question with a straight face. Alonso was absolutely right to leave Ferrari, the man who tried to convince him to stay just abandoned ship today. Ferrari are going backwards this year and McLaren look like the better place to be next year with its stability and especially if Honda find those extra horses.wickedz50 wrote:
Was Alonso a fool to give up that Ferrari seat for an unknown journey?
Based on what? Please wake up, it's been 4 (FOUR!) years since McLaren last won a GPtonmeister wrote:25 podiums and 3 GP wins. Yes, not bad but 0 Driver´s championships and it´s looking like I´ll take a while for the next one. McLaren might even win it before Ferrari. Alonso is no fool, I believe it was all or nothing for him, and rightly so with his talent and age. He doesn´t want podiums, he wants the championship.Scuderia1967 wrote:Since Alonso left the team Ferrari scored 25 podiums, including 3 GP wins. McLaren scored exactly ZERO. So yes, he was a foolRedNEO wrote:
I'm surprised you can still ask that question with a straight face. Alonso was absolutely right to leave Ferrari, the man who tried to convince him to stay just abandoned ship today. Ferrari are going backwards this year and McLaren look like the better place to be next year with its stability and especially if Honda find those extra horses.
No surprise you missed the most important part of my statement "talented professionals"...bhall II wrote:An accurate appraisal can generally be found somewhere on the spectrum that exists between GPR-A, for whom everything is always wrong, and you, someone for whom nothing is ever wrong.giantfan10 wrote:So james allison left.... and Ferrari are doomed lol....are there ever rational reactions to anything any more?
And orbiting Mars...
SR71 wrote:Talented professionals thrive under pressure.
It's only people who don't understand this that say pressure is bad.three-time F1 World Champion and connoisseur of Asperger-esque blunt honesty, Niki Lauda wrote:The problem with Ferrari is that they are under pressure...
Based on past and current progression trend on both teams.Scuderia1967 wrote:Based on what? Please wake up, it's been 4 (FOUR!) years since McLaren last won a GPtonmeister wrote:25 podiums and 3 GP wins. Yes, not bad but 0 Driver´s championships and it´s looking like I´ll take a while for the next one. McLaren might even win it before Ferrari. Alonso is no fool, I believe it was all or nothing for him, and rightly so with his talent and age. He doesn´t want podiums, he wants the championship.Scuderia1967 wrote:
Since Alonso left the team Ferrari scored 25 podiums, including 3 GP wins. McLaren scored exactly ZERO. So yes, he was a fool
It doesn´t take a great car to show true talent. That´s precisely where the great ones shine. For me and many other he is proving himself plenty on that McLaren...but let´s go back to topic please.George-Jung wrote:At Ferrari Alonso could still have shown how good he really is... now at Mclaren he can't proof anything..
You forgot the most important stat, 0 world championships! And no wins this year so already going backwards again. Aero rules changing next year and Ferrari still can't get on top of these ones. Good luck with that but I'm content where Alonso is now thanksScuderia1967 wrote:Since Alonso left the team Ferrari scored 25 podiums, including 3 GP wins. McLaren scored exactly ZERO. So yes, he was a foolRedNEO wrote:I'm surprised you can still ask that question with a straight face. Alonso was absolutely right to leave Ferrari, the man who tried to convince him to stay just abandoned ship today. Ferrari are going backwards this year and McLaren look like the better place to be next year with its stability and especially if Honda find those extra horses.wickedz50 wrote:
Was Alonso a fool to give up that Ferrari seat for an unknown journey?
There's a difference between the pressure to succeed and that which results from being coaxed to drive off a cliff.SR71 wrote:But a technical director thrives on pressure and challenge. So again, thanks for proving my point.
I disagree, since we aren't allowed to personally attack another posters intelligence or anything else for that matter, A way needs to exist to communicate to them that their musings are incorrect, misguided, or just plain not of value.bhall II wrote: Incidentally, I completely agree with you with regard to the downvotes. They serve no purpose as far as I'm concerned, least of all when they're used to do nothing more than disagree.
As if he didn't proved enough at Ferrari. Who really care if he isn't proving anymore? He made his place as the best driver on the grid and of this generation. Even if he flops for few more years at McLaren and then retires, nothing changes the fact that he has been one of the greatest drivers of all time. Nothing to prove anymore.George-Jung wrote:At Ferrari Alonso could still have shown how good he really is... now at Mclaren he can't proof anything..
Alonso has seen the core of Ferrari and with what he has seen and experienced (definitely way, way more than any arm chair expert here can even imagine), Luca's above statement was absolutely perfect. Alonso wanted everything or nothing. Proving more, getting more podiums, a win here or there isn't what he wanted. The reason why he left Ferrari, still stands unchanged.[color=#0000FF]Luca Monezemolo - 17 February, 2016[/color] wrote:“I had the feeling that Fernando had got it into his mind that he could never win with Ferrari,” Montezemolo said, “and that if he was in a Mercedes he could win with one hand.
5 years is more than enough to proof one´s patience. But the problem with Ferrari and Fernando became irresolvable in 2014 when he saw that Ferrari had done an awful job with the PU, that was too much for him and I understand why he left the team.GPR-A wrote:As if he didn't proved enough at Ferrari. Who really care if he isn't proving anymore? He made his place as the best driver on the grid and of this generation. Even if he flops for few more years at McLaren and then retires, nothing changes the fact that he has been one of the greatest drivers of all time. Nothing to prove anymore.George-Jung wrote:At Ferrari Alonso could still have shown how good he really is... now at Mclaren he can't proof anything..
Alonso has seen the core of Ferrari and with what he has seen and experienced (definitely way, way more than any arm chair expert here can even imagine), Luca's above statement was absolutely perfect. Alonso wanted everything or nothing. Proving more, getting more podiums, a win here or there isn't what he wanted. The reason why he left Ferrari, is still stands unchanged.[color=#0000FF]Luca Monezemolo - 17 February, 2016[/color] wrote:“I had the feeling that Fernando had got it into his mind that he could never win with Ferrari,” Montezemolo said, “and that if he was in a Mercedes he could win with one hand.