Ferrari team principal Maurizio Arrivabene pins hopes on continual development rather then on revolutionary packages. The Italian is hopeful that his squad can keep up with its big rival Mercedes and can establish itself as a serious title-contender this year.
That's old, Ross Brawn denied any form of Ferrari involvement. It's funny how desperate they are at this point. Now is the time for the true vision and leadership to shine. Or sink. Too bad they will likely miss the chance to battle Mercedes at the dawn of the new rules in 2017. My bold prediction is that Red Bull will be even ahead of Ferrari in the first five races of 2017.
Makes sense (insofar as anything related to this can). He came over with Allison from Lotus.LookBackTime wrote:...Dirk De Beer (aerodynamic department) should leave Ferrari soon
Not necessarily. The scope of the change from SF15-T to SF16-H cannot be understated, and it's actually quite remarkable that SF16-H is (was) competitive at all. McLaren made a similar jump from MP4-29 to MP4-30, and they ran into many more problems with their chassis. Ferrari's problems seem to be more related to setup; they're not fundamental.f1316 wrote:Whoever's responsible for that certainly has squandered a good strategic opportunity.
This Is F1 wrote:Auto Motor und Sport correspondent Michael Schmidt reports: “Returning to England is certainly one of the reasons for the separation.
“But there are also claims that Marchionne could not cope with Allison, because the Briton spoke his mind and refused to be dictated unreasonable targets in contrast to his (Allison’s) 25 years of motor sport experience,” he added.
Ferrari has replaced Allison with engine chief Mattia Binotto, but Schmidt claims this is just an “interim” solution.
There are reports Ferrari’s former technical director Ross Brawn is en route to Hockenheim.
Well, who knows Ferrari better than me. I had guessed this back then....f1316 wrote:What you can say is that, if the stories about utilising Haas's wind tunnel time were true, Ferrari did not make great use of it.
Whoever's responsible for that certainly has squandered a good strategic opportunity.
Ben as usual..... The Ferrari Guardian.[color=#0000BF]by GPR-A » 20 Jan 2016, 10:54[/color] wrote:It is one thing to find an avenue of testing, but it is another to actually have creative IDEAS, implement them and then test. I doubt if they really have brains on aerodynamics whose ideas they can perfected using this avenue. Red Bull, not sure how much they used the opportunity of Toro Rosso, had enormous strength and depth in aerodynamics. Mercedes, without any such avenues has managed to rival Red Bull (not outsmart). So, it's about ideas, not just about an avenue of testing. I would not be surprised if Ferrari remains a distant second or even third this year. In the past too, we have heard loads of BS in winter. They couldn't show a great progress through in season development last year. I hope this is not another crap like 70% new car of last year.
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[quote="f1316"]Whoever's responsible for that certainly has squandered a good strategic opportunity.[/quote] Not necessarily. The scope of the change from SF15-T to SF16-H cannot be understated, and it's actually quite remarkable that SF16-H is (was) competitive at all. McLaren made a similar jump from MP4-29 to MP4-30, and they ran into many more problems with their chassis. Ferrari's problems seem to be more related to setup; they're not fundamental. In other news... [quote="[url=http://www.thisisf1.com/category/f1-top-news/]This Is F1[/url]"]Auto Motor und Sport correspondent Michael Schmidt reports: “Returning to England is certainly one of the reasons for the separation. “But there are also claims that Marchionne could not cope with Allison, because the Briton spoke his mind and refused to be dictated unreasonable targets in contrast to his (Allison’s) 25 years of motor sport experience,” he added. Ferrari has replaced Allison with engine chief Mattia Binotto, but Schmidt claims this is just an “interim” solution. There are reports Ferrari’s former technical director Ross Brawn is en route to Hockenheim.[/quote]
How's this for guardianship? I fully expect Ferrari to get smacked by both Mercedes and Red Bull next year and possibly McLaren.GPR-A wrote:Ben as usual..... The Ferrari Guardian.
You mean something like this? This was posted by one of the Ferrari fanboys last year to make fun of Alonso's decision to leave Ferrari. I took this image and kept, because I knew the time would come sooner when the situation would be reversed.Phil wrote:....................people were poking fun at Alonso after what seemed to be very promising prospects of Ferrari. ......................
