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Old 04-14-2014 | 10:08 AM
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It didn't take long for the team in red to make moves after only 3 races:

http://www.planetf1.com/driver/3213/...own-at-Ferrari
Old 04-14-2014 | 10:12 AM
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the look Luca gave him at the last race said it all.
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As a long suffering Ferrari F1 fan, Dominicali had to go, but his replacement is a guy in the Ferrari North American division??? of sales or what? Exactly what does he have to do with F1??? What am I missing here?
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I predict that eventually Flavio will take over as team principal...
Old 04-14-2014 | 11:19 AM
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I'd like to see Ross Brawn come out of retirement, but I suspect that he has a 1 year non compete clause in his contract with Mercedes. Regardless, Ferrari have two excellent drovers and they are fighting over the final point on the grid. With an engine freeze in affect, I can't see this getting any better
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As a long suffering Ferrari F1 fan, Dominicali had to go, but his replacement is a guy in the Ferrari North American division??? of sales or what? Exactly what does he have to do with F1??? What am I missing here?
+1.
Old 04-14-2014 | 12:06 PM
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I think they are setting up for Ross, or I hope.
Old 04-14-2014 | 02:54 PM
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I predict that eventually Flavio will take over as team principal...
Those rumors are already being heard.
Old 04-14-2014 | 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Pete
With an engine freeze in affect, I can't see this getting any better
How much of an engine freeze is it? Just internal combustion, or is it the whole power unit including all the ERS systems and turbo?
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It's the entire power unit which was frozen at the end of February. At the time, Renault was trying to get some wiggle room as to what does "frozen" mean. Their argument was that during the v8 era "engine freeze", 95 percent of the parts were changed over a 6 year period. Given the revolutionary split of the compressor from the turbo unit developed by Mercedes, it's clear that both Renault AND Ferrari need to get the rules unfrozen in order to compete
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First off...after the last race I posed the question, as to how long Stefano had left...I must admit that it's happened even quicker than I had anticipated.

Originally Posted by Veloce Raptor
I predict that eventually Flavio will take over as team principal...
Originally Posted by jbossolo
Those rumors are already being heard.
Flavio and Luca??

I don't know if you can have those two COLOSSAL egos anywhere near each other?

Lastly, the sad part to all of this is that, both Alonso and Kimi are losing another year from their driving prime without any real chance at the title...
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Ex-Formula 1 driver John Watson has told BBC Radio 5 live that Ross Brawn could ultimately replace Domenicali.
Brawn was with Ferrari when the team won the constructors' championship in consecutive years between 1999 and 2004, with Michael Schumacher winning the drivers' title five times between 2000 and 2004.
Watson said: "The gentleman coming in is probably a motor racing fan but has no idea about what it takes to become a team principle.
"I suspect that's only a temporary stop-gap measure until a more suitable and appropriate person can be engaged to take the team forward.
"The name that's in the frame right now is that of former Ferrari employee Ross Brawn."
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Luca should step down
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Originally Posted by MJSpeed
Ex-Formula 1 driver John Watson has told BBC Radio 5 live that Ross Brawn could ultimately replace Domenicali. Brawn was with Ferrari when the team won the constructors' championship in consecutive years between 1999 and 2004, with Michael Schumacher winning the drivers' title five times between 2000 and 2004. Watson said: "The gentleman coming in is probably a motor racing fan but has no idea about what it takes to become a team principle. "I suspect that's only a temporary stop-gap measure until a more suitable and appropriate person can be engaged to take the team forward. "The name that's in the frame right now is that of former Ferrari employee Ross Brawn."
God willing this is the sake. Ferrari has become a joke of late. Funny how no one mentions Brawn with the current MB success. He helped put that team together.



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