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[MotorsportFerrari]

Alonso lost a fresh engine in Italy which upset the whole plan in terms of PU allocation. Ferrari then didn't want to use a sixth one, so he hardly let Alonso did any lap in practacies in Austin, Brazil and had to pary for the PU to pull through.

 

Alonso had another failure today which led to missing the most important practice session. He has just told he won't be able to do many laps tomorrow, because they have to save the engine. This means two handicaps: firstly he will arrive in qualy with only a few laps in his bag, secondly another defensive approach in the race. 

 

Why didn't Ferrari put a new PU in Austin where overtaking isn't that hard. And anyway: Alonso has no chance for the title or for a win or even for a 3rd place in the championship. They would have let him enjoy his last races in scarlet.

[Balnazzard]

Well since Ferrari has nothing to lost, nothing to gain, what does it matter? And Im quite sure Alonso himself doesnt much enjoy driving for positions 5-7 anyways. So no big deal in my opinion.

[ch103]

Nah - Ferrari haven't botched anything.  That award goes to Lotus, and Romain Grosjean. 

[HeadFirst]

Ferrari made a huge mistake alright, it's called the F14. And while the loyal tifosi are busy trying to figure out how to blame Fernando and Kimi for this travesty (whilst bowing down to Seb The Saviour), the truth is so painfully obvious that one wonders if the good ship Ferrari will ever surface again, or will it continue on a slow painful dive to the depths of the F1 Sea.

[wj_gibson]

Right now I think McLaren-Honda to be a much more likely threat to Merc over the next two or three years (assuming F1 limps on that long) than Ferrari.

[jstrains]

Ferrari does not care of Alonso anymore. Why should they?

[kimster89]

Ferrari doesnt care about Alonso now. Why would they waste money on him with giving him new PU.

[HeadFirst]

Ferrari doesnt care about Alonso now. Why would they waste money on him with giving him new PU.

 

Apparently they don't care about results either. What would they do with the PU otherwise??? Do they need an anchor for "The Good Ship Ferrari"?

[MrPodium]

Well since Ferrari has nothing to lost, nothing to gain, what does it matter? And Im quite sure Alonso himself doesnt much enjoy driving for positions 5-7 anyways. So no big deal in my opinion.

 

Because Ferrari are supposed to care to ensure their drivers have the best equipment available to them, every race. Or does that apply only if their car suffers from understeer?

Edited by MrPodium, 21 November 2014 - 19:48.

[jstrains]

Well the position in WCC is secure, the one who secured is leaving, so why bother. They could not miss the last GP

[warp]

Ferrari made a huge mistake alright, it's called the F14. And while the loyal tifosi are busy trying to figure out how to blame Fernando and Kimi for this travesty (whilst bowing down to Seb The Saviour), the truth is so painfully obvious that one wonders if the good ship Ferrari will ever surface again, or will it continue on a slow painful dive to the depths of the F1 Sea.

 

Speaking as a Tifoso, I blame it on the awful car that was made. Not even two drivers of the caliber of Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen (no less) have been able to drag this mule up the mid-field.

 

No, Sebastian is no saviour. The saviours should be the engineers working on the F15 already. Ferrari will still drag in the mid-field the next year, possibly the next two and then probably will bounce back.

 

Loyal Tifosi survived the late 80's and early 90's... We will survive this time.

(Not so sure about F1 itself, lol)

 

Probably Ferrari did not wanted to face a Roman-esque penalty and will carry on with this PU. Pity for Alonso, but probably changing it means an even greater handicap. Also, it makes no sense to put more money into it when season is over, places secured, Alonso leaving, etc.

[KOMORI]

It's sad seeing such a great driver struggling with such a rubbish car...

http://wtf1.co.uk/al...-dhabi-onboard/

[DampMongoose]

Ferrari are doing ok. At least they're turning up at all the races. Hasn't always been the case.

[Tombstone]

The saviours should be the engineers working on the F15 already. 

 

At the risk of 180˚ thread drift, perhaps they will call it the F15A in deference to their close partnership a few years ago.

 

Albeit FISA became the FIA in '93.

[warp]

At the risk of 180˚ thread drift, perhaps they will call it the F15A in deference to their close partnership a few years ago.

 

Albeit FISA became the FIA in '93.

 

I just pulled it out of my arse to be honest. I have no clue how the next year's car will be named.

 

It was Project 666 so far, I think.

[currupipi]

Well the position in WCC is secure, the one who secured is leaving, so why bother. They could not miss the last GP

If this is the attitude the mighty ferrari have about racing then alonso should just park it on the first lap, save some money on gas , what a pathetic team

[HP]

It's sad seeing such a great driver struggling with such a rubbish car...

http://wtf1.co.uk/al...-dhabi-onboard/

And there are people who tell us that a great driver will make any rubbish car look good. The man itself established that while driving a Minardi. So if it looks that bad to you, the man has to take part of the blame, as we know he can do better in substandard cars.

 

That being said, there are also reports from technical minded people out there that will say that the Ferrari is not as bad as it looks, once the PU is sorted out. Next years car should suit Kimi more, plus main focus at this time is next years car, what did you expect? A miracle? Alonso in his last race for Ferrari (for the time being) driving circles around everyone?