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Quote: YiNing wrote in post #627

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Someone posted this on ASBB..

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.... In truth, it's damn easy for a team to make a driver go fast in testing, any driver really. I wouldn't be worried by Bianchi doing that time but rather ask why he was set up by the team to go that fast. You can easily see from the times of Hamilton or Bottas that normally teams don't go for times during such tests.

IOW, I find it a bit suspicious that Ferrari allows Bianchi to make headlines,...

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Why did have to go back to Fuckrrari?

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because there was simply no other choice.

and because, like many of us, he could not possibly think the car would be such s**t for him....

seems that Turrini wrote that ferrari proposed to Brawn huge money but he denied a full time job and counter proposed a consulting role....and things are still being cooked...

anybody read that?

Stella in Pat's place...

and what do you get from the last paragraph about Kimi? not sure i understand it...W? momo?

momo!

i get it as the team must support Kimi after all the depressing shit hes been through all season...

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/115013

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Ferrari F1 team hopes 'decisive' step convinces Alonso to stay on

Ferrari hopes that a 'decisive' step forward in form from next year's car will be enough to convince Fernando Alonso to commit his long-term Formula 1 future to the team.

Alonso's current contract runs until the end of 2016, and Ferrari is well aware that it needs to improve its form if it is to extend the Spaniard's deal and stop him being lured away by a rival like McLaren.

Last week, Alonso was briefed by Ferrari technical chiefs at the Maranello factory about the future plans for the team and the shape of its 2015 challenger.

Technical director James Allison hopes that what Alonso was told would be enough to leave the Spaniard in no doubt that Ferrari was the best place for him to be for the long haul.

"Both of our drivers were in Maranello, and both of them were discussing with us our plans for next year," said Allison at the German Grand Prix.

"Both of them had our programme set out in front of them, and both of them had the opportunity to give us feedback - as they do on a continual basis about the weaknesses of our current cars.

"It is a great thing when the driver buys into what you are doing and we make an effort to try to make sure that they can see the plans that we have in place.

"Kimi is quite new to our team, and Fernando, I guess, has had some years of being with Ferrari and not yet attaining the goal that he wanted when he joined us.

"I guess he has sat through a few of these meetings already, I hope the presentations that I put his way, as well as a few of my colleagues, have been convincing but I guess you need to speak to him to get his view on that."

Ferrari is undergoing a restructure under new team principal Marco Mattiacci and Allison said he believes what was in the pipeline was encouraging for 2015.

And although he offered few details about how it would be different, he was bullish about the step it would deliver.

"In terms of design changes, I am not going to go into that - but I sincerely hope that we will be able to make a decisive step forward with the car next year," he said.

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http://autosprint.corrieredellosport.it/...-ferrari/17285/

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Allison talks about the weaknesses of Ferrari

James Allison, after Montezemolo and Marco Mattiacci, the most powerful man of the Scuderia Ferrari. The new organization assigns a particular position, as he himself explains: "I am the technical director of the frame field and as such I follow the development of the chassis, but I also have an additional role, which is that of supervisor of the entire project." In practice, the directors of the various departments all respond to him (and Pat Fry). A little 'as in the days of Ross Brawn.

Intelligent and precise, James does not hold back in pointing out the weaknesses of the F14 T: "We don't have the downforce like those who are infront of us. We do not have the power of the engine like those who are infront of us. But in addition, we have a car difficult to drive, which tends to lose control of the rear axle. And this, even with two drivers sensitive and "gentle" with the tires like ours, leads to excessive and premature tire wear. "

The ban on so-called Fric, essentially a stabilizer trim, according to Allison "causes a general increase of understeer because of the height from the floor of the front which must be greater to avoid touching the asphalt. But it is still too early to say what will be the steps to take for setup. "

For James, there will be in the future, "changes both large and small. It is easier to move around in order to make things worse rather than do something for the better. The arrival of Marco Mattiacci is helping to govern these issues. "But Nikolas Tombazis, whose role is much talk these days, "remains the chief designer and his working relationship with me is normal for our two roles."

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