Montezemolo was a colossal fraud as well.Chuckjr wrote: ↑14 Jun 2025, 09:53It changed when Luca left. They are a media team now, not a racing team, and that exactly imo is the philosophy that needs to change. They need to go back to their roots of hard core racing as the principal meaning, and lose the media motivation, but that just isn't going to happen. Money is king and will continue to guide this team imo, unfortunately.
I know it isn’t the proper way to do things, but Leclerc and Hamilton need to step up and defend Vasseur, to make him work without management interferences, take it or leave it conditions. Otherwise they will have same toxic structure in the company, only a different TP.Xyz22 wrote: ↑14 Jun 2025, 10:29Montezemolo was a colossal fraud as well.Chuckjr wrote: ↑14 Jun 2025, 09:53It changed when Luca left. They are a media team now, not a racing team, and that exactly imo is the philosophy that needs to change. They need to go back to their roots of hard core racing as the principal meaning, and lose the media motivation, but that just isn't going to happen. Money is king and will continue to guide this team imo, unfortunately.
He only did one thing right, that is convincing Fiat management to give him the money to relaunch the brand through F1. His ego almost pushed him to fire Todt in 96 but MSC saved Jean and that is when the real Ferrari was born. Montezemolo was completely pushed out from the GES which was managed only by Todt. This is why Ferrari was able to become the best team in the world.
When Montezemolo started to influence stuff once again, in 2006 things went to --- in just a few years. One of the worst manager of all time.
Just a small recap of his genius moves:
- Fired Schumacher to hire Raikkonen which is equivalent to divorce from 2007 Megan Fox to marry current Angela Merkel
- Allowed the ban of testing which was Ferrari main competitive advantage
- Didn't make Ross Brawn TP after Todt because he knew he couldn't "control" him. Ross left and went to build Brawn GP and then Mercedes. The rest is history
- Agreed to the hybrid PU which damaged not only Ferrari which was years and years behind Mercedes but also the entire Formula 1 with one of the most boring era of all time
- Fired Aldo Costa, one of the best engineers in F1 modern era, for absolutely no reasons at all
I been thinking about this as lot, Maybe Fred should of bended a little to bring in Newey and if he has to relinquish a little control -so be it. I wonder if this really put him in the light that he couldn't lure Newey even when they gave Fred a blank cheque to get newey. Fred is probably too easy go lucky guy for the top board. They maybe feel they need someone who is more realistic. With experience how a top team operates hence why they tried getting Horner.
Yes, but leclerc and hamilton fans are not ready for this conversationselvam_e2002 wrote: ↑14 Jun 2025, 04:41Bring Alonso back. he would drag this car into contender for WCC/WDC. like 2010 and 12.
How this is related with the current state about Ferrari, people are talking about the upper management messing around and changing people in span of 2-3 years expecting the solution of the problems. The derailment of discussions happening in this thread in this particular year is atrocious.Alonsismo wrote: ↑14 Jun 2025, 13:58Yes, but leclerc and hamilton fans are not ready for this conversationselvam_e2002 wrote: ↑14 Jun 2025, 04:41Bring Alonso back. he would drag this car into contender for WCC/WDC. like 2010 and 12.
I think he would be leading WDC by now. /sAlonsismo wrote: ↑14 Jun 2025, 13:58Yes, but leclerc and hamilton fans are not ready for this conversationselvam_e2002 wrote: ↑14 Jun 2025, 04:41Bring Alonso back. he would drag this car into contender for WCC/WDC. like 2010 and 12.
That man Alonso would've drag that car close to pole position every weekF1NAC wrote: ↑14 Jun 2025, 15:43I think he would be leading WDC by now. /sAlonsismo wrote: ↑14 Jun 2025, 13:58Yes, but leclerc and hamilton fans are not ready for this conversationselvam_e2002 wrote: ↑14 Jun 2025, 04:41Bring Alonso back. he would drag this car into contender for WCC/WDC. like 2010 and 12.
They can contact him but WEC maybe
I can't tell if this is sarcasm, but you're living with the fairies if you actually believe this.Alonsismo wrote: ↑14 Jun 2025, 13:58Yes, but leclerc and hamilton fans are not ready for this conversationselvam_e2002 wrote: ↑14 Jun 2025, 04:41Bring Alonso back. he would drag this car into contender for WCC/WDC. like 2010 and 12.