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[drionita]

The interviews appeared today, some interesting stuff there.

http://www.repubblic...0-C4-P7-S1.4-T1

 

Some excerpts, sorry for the translation.

 

"Fia, che all'estero è soprannominata con sarcasmo Ferrari International Assistance. Cosa ne pensa?
"Aiutare la Ferrari è sempre stata la cosa più intelligente da fare. Ed è sempre, sempre sempre stato fatto attraverso i regolamenti tecnici"

"Fia, which abroad is called sarcastically, Ferrari International Assistance. What do you you think about it?

"Helping Ferrari has always been the smartest thing to do. And it's alwasy been made by technical ruling"

 

Quest'anno secondo lei è stata aiutata?
"Nel caso, nessuno può saperlo. Tranne chi lo ha fatto... Di certo a un certo punto una mano con questo motore l'hanno avuta".
In passato o quest'anno?
"Con questo motore".
E da chi? Come? In che senso?
"Anche per la Mercedes vale lo stesso ragionamento. Un mondiale vinto contro la Sauber è una cosa. Uno vinto contro la Ferrari è un'altra".

"Have they (Ferrari) been helped?"

"In this case, nobody knows. Except who did it... At a certain point they've been helped with engine, for sure.

"In the past or in this season?"

"Present engine."

"Who? How? What do you mean?"

"Even for Mercedes the point is that. to win against Sauber is one thing. To win against Ferrari is another thing."

 

Su chi scommette per il prossimo anno?
"Mercedes. Ha le risorse per fare quello che vuole. Quest'anno se ne avessero avuto bisogno avrebbero potuto trovare molta più prestazione in qualunque momento".

"Who would you bet on for the next season?"

"Mercedes. They have resources to do all they want. If they would have needed it this year, they could be finding more pace in every moment."

Edited by drionita, 27 October 2017 - 14:20.

[ferrarista]

https://it.motorspor...power-unit/amp/

well, one can say the FIA has created a monster, according to the man himself

[drionita]

That interview is two years old, BE talked today about Merc domination too:

"Il momento chiave è stato quando Ross Brawn stava nel gruppo di lavoro della Fia che avrebbe deciso quali motori mettere dal 2014. Sapeva esattamente cosa stava succedendo. Non era lì perché era un bravo ingegnere ma perché era della Ferrari. Ce l'avevano messo loro. Poi è andato alla Mercedes. E ha portato il know how con sé".

"Key moment was whe Ross Brawn was in the FIA Working Group that was defining the engine from 2014 onwards. He knews exactly what was going on. He was there non because he was a good engineer but beacuse he was a Ferrari man. Ferrari sent him. Then he moved to Mercedes. And he brought the know-how with him."

[BRG]

If you want an up to date interview with Bernie, try the latest Motor Sport magazine.

[loki]

Bernie who?

[ArrowsLivery]

Ferrari were definitely getting a lot of favors from FIA in the mid to early 2000. Since then I don’t think they’ve had much help from FIA, except the shambolic few races at the end of 2008. Fuji and Spa 2008 were disgusting.

[PeterScandlyn]

Just addressing the topic......Why    

[tokengator82]

Ferrari were definitely getting a lot of favors from FIA in the mid to early 2000. Since then I don’t think they’ve had much help from FIA, except the shambolic few races at the end of 2008. Fuji and Spa 2008 were disgusting.

Do you mind expanding on this post..shambolic races that were disgusting? What happened?

[tokengator82]

I had a really hard time making sense of the words in the OP but if those are accurate translations of Bernie's words reads how I think it reads this really explains soooo much about the current financial situation between Ferrari and formula 1..a financial situation that is a total disaster for the sport (health wise), and explains a great deal about why f1 has the problems it does keeping teams around and viable.. and it makes you wonder who was really running the sport during Bernie's time

If Ferrari had a knob and asked Bernie to polish it off it seems Bernie would make sure it is the shiniest and cleanest knob in the land with Bernie servicing this knob many more times a day then Ferrari asked or intended and doing it with a giant smile on his face

Edited by tokengator82, 28 October 2017 - 04:04.