154 replies to this topic

[thegamer23]

His conditions worsened dramatically after a shoulder surgery.

Godspeed, Presidente.
He managed to bring Ferrari back to glory, from the dust.

Vettel winning the title would be a beautiful ending to Sergio's work.

Edited by thegamer23, 25 July 2018 - 10:13.

[xtremeclock]

RIP 

[Yoshi]

Just got a popup with the news on my phone   

Therefore the complications after his should surgey were too big 

 

RIP Sergio 

Edited by Yoshi, 25 July 2018 - 09:43.

[Crossmax]

RIP Sergio, terrible news.

[Kao18]

Sad news, RIP.

[Gary Davies]

Can't find any evidence that he has died, despite a bit of searching. Did find this - http://www.autonews....-italian-report

 

Which is different but sadly, not very different. 

[WilliamsF1Fan]

Very sad news, RIP Sergio 

[Risil]

Bloomberg

 

RIP. Dreadful news.

[WilliamsF1Fan]

Can't find any evidence that he has died, despite a bit of searching. Did find this - http://www.autonews....-italian-report

 

Which is different but sadly, not very different. 

 

Reuters, AP and Bloomberg are all reporting it as breaking news.

[Mosrite]

Sad news, RIP

[Massa]

RIP

[ferrarista]

RIP

[Mc_Silver]

Unbelievable. We have nothing granted for tomorrow.

RIP

[lahill]

RIP

[SophieB]

Very sad news.

 

I would request that this thread be used for paying respects and reflecting on his life and contribution to the sport and to keep the natural questions/speculations about what the future holds for the F1 team and people in it over in the existing thread about the new boss here:

 

https://forums.autos...-2#entry8450347

[Jovanotti]

Oh my, sad news... That came out of nowhere a few days ago. If Ferrari win next time I hope they dedicate it to him. Definitely changed Ferrari and the whole FCA to the better. RIP.

[F1matt]

RIP to a great leader, he was more than a fixer which is how he described himself. Taken far to soo. Thoughts to his family. 

[sopa]

A shocker.

 

Damn.

 

But he had a stressful job as well, being a CEO of Fiat, Ferrari, and all that.

 

What implications this has to the future of Ferrari, who knows.

[Vesuvius]

RIP Sergio, sad news.

[Muppetmad]

Goodness, what a shock. Terrible news 

[Zava]

Oh my, sad news... That came out of nowhere a few days ago. If Ferrari win next time I hope they dedicate it to him. Definitely changed Ferrari and the whole FCA to the better. RIP.

last time a "big name" related to ferrari died, they won the next GP and dedicated it to said person. coincidentally it was before the hungarian gp as well, Bianchi in 2015.

 

rest in peace, Sergio. this happened out of the blue  

Edited by Zava, 25 July 2018 - 10:11.

[AlexPrime]

RIP.    

[jstrains]

I just hope Seb can bring the WDC home for him (once sorry to Lewis fans)

[ANF]

Short statement by John Elkann:
"E' accaduto, purtroppo, quello che temevamo. Sergio, l'uomo e l'amico, se n'è andato. Penso che il miglior modo per onorare la sua memoria sia far tesoro dell'esempio che ci ha lasciato, coltivare quei valori di umanità, responsabilità e apertura mentale di cui è sempre stato il più convinto promotore. Io e la mia famiglia gli saremo per sempre riconoscenti per quello che ha fatto e siamo vicini a Manuela e ai figli Alessio e Tyler. Rinnovo l'invito a rispettare la privacy della famiglia di Sergio."
http://www.repubblic...ionne-202614191

Translated in Financial Times:
"Unfortunately, what we feared has come to pass. Sergio Marchionne, man and friend, is gone. I believe that the best way to honour his memory is to build on the legacy he left us, continuing to develop the human values of responsibility and openness of which he was the most ardent champion. My family and I will be forever grateful for what he has done. Our thoughts are with Manuela, and his sons Alessio and Tyler. I would ask again everyone to respect the privacy of Sergio’s family."
https://www.ft.com/c...8f-a6a2f7bca546

[EndlessMotion]

What a great man. Really embodied the Ferrari culture and came across as a great leader for them in modern times when they really needed it during a dry spell of success for the racing team. 

 

RIP Sergio.

[SophieB]

A heartfelt tribute from Henry Foy of the FT:

 

Henry Foy‏Verified account @HenryJFoy 21m21 minutes ago

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Marchionne was hired to fix Fiat in 2004 when the Italian carmaker was worth $7.5bn. Today he died, with Fiat, Chrysler and Ferrari worth roughly 10 times that. He was the smartest man I ever interviewed, and the car industry will never replace him

The FT's obituary is below and worth the read:

 

https://www.ft.com/c...8f-a6a2f7bca546
 

The acquisition of Chrysler appealed to his appetite for complexity and high risk. In 2009, Mr Marchionne won the backing of US president Barack Obama who handed Fiat a 20 per cent stake in the ailing US carmaker rather than letting it go bust. Mr Marchionne achieved full control in 2014 in getting Chrysler to pay for its own €4.35bn acquisition via a special dividend. With typical aplomb, Marchionne won the hand, arguing that the value of Chrysler and Fiat depended on him leading them. It gave the carmakers the scale they needed to survive.

When the Financial Times suggested that he had gone on holiday after closing the deal at Veno Beach in Florida, he sent back a message: “I am never on holiday”.

[Tim Murray]

Very sorry to read this shocking news. Sincere condolences to his family and friends.

[David1976]

Incredibly sad.  RIP.

 

He will go down in history as a pioneer that made a monumental contribution to the brands success.

[w1Y]

RIP

Thoughts are with his family and also his ferrari family.

[Baddoer]

RIP

 

Vettel and whole Ferari team should now have extra motivation to push for this title.

Edited by Baddoer, 25 July 2018 - 10:32.

[Whiz]

Shocking news. He was an incredible leader. He left us far too early.

 

RIP Sergio Marchionne.

[YoungGun]

Mediocrity is not worth the trip - Sergio Marchionne

 

Your legacy lives on ... thank you and rest in peace!

[Perfection]

RIP

[Flamini]

Can't believe it.

 

Rest in peace.

[Maustinsj]

What were the complications?

[Blackoutjulian]

RIP. Very sad to hear. Happenend so Quick.
Hope Ferrari can bounce back after this and win Hungary for Sergio 😥

[Jvr]

Rest in peace, Sergio.

 

Thanks for all your contributions and my thoughts are with your family.

[Dmitriy_Guller]

What were the complications?

I've seen it speculated earlier that it was a lung cancer surgery, not a shoulder surgery (or maybe lung cancer was discovered during the shoulder surgery).  Marchionne was a heavy smoker until recently.

[YoungGun]

What were the complications?

 

If true as reported by Saward during surgery to remove a malignant tumour in his shoulder, he suffered irreversible damage to his brain as a result of an embolism and went into a deep coma.

[Jvr]

Turrini's Obituary text. He tells Marchionne was planning to resign from FCA and solely work for Ferrari 2019 onwards.

 

 

""And I owe him a confidence that he wanted to give me on the occasion of last Christmas. On the sidelines of the traditional meeting with journalists, he took myself aside. 

"Do you know that I can not wait to leave FCA in 2019 to dedicate myself exclusively to Ferrari? I love these lands, I finally found a place to take root, I also want to buy a house here in Maranello ... " 

It will not happen, dear Sergio. Destiny has decided otherwise. And you do not know how sorry I am."

 

https://www.quotidia...rchionne-5.5165

Edited by Jvr, 25 July 2018 - 11:01.

[ensign14]

That's so sad.  He turned Fiat around and died at his post. 

[Razoola]

R.I.P.

[Stumpy29]

Terrible news. He galvanized Fiat, Chrysler and SF when the three were stagnating. I hope Ferrari can come up with a great result in Budapest to honor their leader. RIP

[Trust]

RIP.

[ConsiderAndGo]

Terribly sad news. What an absolute rock he was within the Ferrari family.

RIP. Thoughts with his family, friends and Fiat/Ferrari.

Edited by ConsiderAndGo, 25 July 2018 - 11:03.

[AvranaKern]

Goodness, at only 66. Rest in peace.

[Spillage]

Very, very sad news, he did a great job. I hope Ferrari can win the title this year in his memory.

[RedBaron]

This was such a shock, how did this happened so rapidly?!

Rest in peace Presidente.

[guiporsche]

RIP. Thank you for everything, and above all for turning Ferrari's fortunes around.

[potmotr]

What an phenomenal businessman, the turnaround he oversaw at Fiat/Chrysler was amazing.

 

Pretty awful that shoulder surgery can result in death in this day and age...