Yeah, I saw it lots of times and more carefully. I think it's fair to say that Rossi won that corner and deserved the victory. But mind you, had that been an incident involving cars, then Marquez would've won. Eh... but they were on bikes and Rossi knew this, too 8) I like MM and his hunger for win...

So now you're allowed to cut the final chicane and win if someone gets to the inside of you? Okay. Yes you do, if the guy getting to the inside of you was doing a stupid divebombing move and still manages to get in the corner behind you. Recheck the videos, in particular the one from the helicopter...

Italian press is reporting as official news that Alonso will leave Ferrari at the end of the year:

http://www.gazzetta.it/Formula-1/20-11- ... 2263.shtml

http://www.corriere.it/

Historically, Ferrari's only real claim to fame is being the only team to have stuck it out in F1 from the bitter beginning through to the bitter end (so far). That alone deserves a LOT of respect, so I am not trying to minimize that achievement or level of commitment, but any idea that they've alw...

According to italian press, while not yet official, it's done. Alonso at McLaren, Vettel at Ferrari for 2015. Currently in the main page at Corriere della Sera and Gazzetta dello Sport: http://www.corriere.it/ http://www.corriere.it/sport/speciali/2014/formula1/notizie/ferrari-alonso-addio-maranello...

This day might very well be remembered as the day Ferrari's legacy ends. In the short run (next few years), Ferrari might very well bounce back to the top. It is probably in their immediate interest, after all. However, Montezemolo was the man guarding Enzo's legacy; love him or hate him, he always ...

I don't want to be Mr Grumpy Spoilsport here, but keep in mind he's so carefree because he has nothing to lose and everything to gain at the moment.

Let's see how he copes with being all year in a proper WDC challenge and the relevant politics, before we declare him mr. Nice Driver.

According to Leo Turrini's blog (and other sources) Marmorini, head of Ferrari's engine department, has been fired:


http://blog.quotidiano.net/turrini/2014 ... a-ferrari/

Interesting Briatore interview by Repubblica: http://www.repubblica.it/sport/formulauno/2014/04/16/news/briatore_capire_di_f1_non_serve_io_vendevo_magliette_lui_auto-83728161/ Translation below: SHANGHAI - Flavio Briatore, it is said Alonso tried to push your name as Domenicali's successor. "I do a ...

There was political upheaval at Ferrari around '90/'91 and again in '05/'06 Luca didn't like the growing influence Todt & Schumacher had over his organisation and set about dismantling the "dream team" There was upheaval (not just political) at Ferrari after Enzo died in '88. LdM was appointed Ferr...

All the talk about "political power play" by LdM in Ferrari, either currently or during Todt's time, is utter and complete nonsense. LdM's word is law in Ferrari. It's simple as that. He doesn't need any power play because he wins by default. The only way LdM will lose his position at Ferrari will b...

Well i don't see that, if think they had ear marked Kimi as early as 2005 and both Kimi and Alonso were out of contract after 2006. I agree Kimi was intended for the long term, not as a stop gap. His reputation was sky high by the end of his McLaren days and he was referred to as the fastest man in...

According to the rumors currently flying around, him leaving at the end of the year was the original plan but it was Stefano himself who chose to leave right now, while LdM would have preferred to stick to the plan. Also, apparently, he's leaving Ferrari for good, not just his position as team princ...

Surely you mean Kimi? No, I really did mean Alonso although I admit I was less than clear in that statement. I'm convinced Kimi was never intended to be a "permanent replacement" for Schumacher, as in "our top driver for the next several years around whom we'll build another winning cycle", so LdM ...

Shame. I don't think he was ever the problem. Luca de Montezemolo is. He's always seemed to want to run Ferrari his own way and not always the best way. He's the last and top chain so the blame should lie with him IMO. He was the one who ended up tearing apart the dream team of Brawn/Todt/Schumache...

Also reported by Repubblica, Corriere and just about every major italian newspaper. According to the Autosprint article, Domenicali had already previously decided to leave the position by the end of the year, but he chose to leave earlier due to the current lack of results and essentially to offer h...

Reported by Gazzetta, as good as official now:

http://www.gazzetta.it/Formula-1/14-04- ... 1753.shtml


Replacement is apparently Marco Mattiacci, current head of North America Ferrari division.

this sensor was proven to be inconsistent I'm not sure that's true. It was giving different readings than expected, but all through last run of FP2 and all FP3 it was giving consistent readings. Possibly wrong (which is why an offset had to be added) but not necessarily inconsistent. And consistent...

But (unless I'm wrong about it) fuel injection is controlled by the standard ECU. Can they tamper with that? Can they tamper with the loggings that come out of it? I have no clue, but if they couldn't and you could infer fuel flow from the standard ECU logs, why bother with an additional sensor whi...

The telemetry data is collected by the FIA, that's why we know throttle positions etc during accident investigations. Yes but if the telemetry is collecting data provided by equipment under control of the teams, you can't trust that data since the team could rig the equipment. That's the whole poin...

Another small question here, since my first one about having read nowhere the FIA admitting their own sensor was faulty was ignored. How are Red Bull supposed to prove their own readings are accurate during the appeal? RB: "Our own sensors show the reading where below the threshold" FIA: "Of course ...

I swear, some of you must have been watching F1 for nearly 2-3 years. 36 years and counting, always as a Ferrari fan. And I believe SD should go.. although to be fair I have been convinced of that from before today's race. While I agree on the knee jerk reactions, Ferrari under SD has been utterly ...

I read somewhere that di Montezemolo's position wasn't so strong after the nomination of John Elkann as FIAT's Chairman. It might be, I'm not familiar with the current FIAT power structure, but in any case, I doubt Elkann or anybody else in FIAT would directly involve themselves with the F1 team op...

AFAIK, he is the boss of Scuderia Ferrari. Not sure about what responsabilities (if any) are kept by Luca di Montezemolo, though. Di Montezemolo is the president of the whole of Ferrari, meaning not just the F1 team but also the road car section etc. By itself the president role wouldn't even have ...

RBR have their own system for measuring the fuel flow before it goes to the injectors. From that I would assume that they mean the difference between their system and the FIA system was at one level on the first 3 runs and from then on was at a different level. That would suggest inconsistency in e...

Ahem. While I'd wait a few more races before fetching the axe, I agree with the OP that if this year is another failure Stefano's head should roll. He might not design the car, but he's the one who gets to choose who will do just that. The bucks stop at him, especially if you consider how long he's ...

Small question here. I've seen the assumption bandied about that "even the FIA knows the sensor was faulty". Where does it say that? As far as I can read, the relevant part here is: a. During Practice 1 a difference in reading between the first three and Run 4 was detected. The same readings as Run ...

exactly. add a departure of Schumacher, and what we have left is a mediocre, non-inovative and sloppy team whose decline and/or stagnation lasts since the departure of these 3 people. They are becoming the team they used to be for years before the mentioned trio joined in the '90s So, considering t...

Bridgestone tested their tyres despite the in season ban just fine. Why can't Pirelli? As much as I'm against going back to super hard rubber why can't Pirelli just harden up the compounds a bit for 2014? As for tyre size etc, no one knows how the 2014 cars will look or go like yet. Some teams won'...

From italian newspaper La Repubblica, original article here: http://www.repubblica.it/sport/formulauno/2013/06/08/news/pirelli-60629651/?ref=HRLS-5 I'll try to translate some of Hembery's quotes: [because he's anticipating a possible quit] "...if they do not allow us to do some tests with the new ty...

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Wow. An alleged F1 fan actually wishing for an harmful accident to an F1 driver because he hates him and believes it's the only way the others have a chance at beating him.

This post redefines the word "pathetic" for me.

A very interesting Rossi interview on "Corriere della Sera" here: http://www.corriere.it/sport/12_agosto_17/rossi-altra-chance-pasini_cbb4ec20-e833-11e1-a0d6-4062e922f4c6.shtml Will try to translate as best as I can: Changed, full of doubts, with his feet on the ground and only one certainty: divorc...

Do we really believe that this was done deliberately... "AND feel that this has been done deliberately......" The deliberate part of it is that McLaren knew the car was underfueled the instant it got out of the pit, they had almost 2 laps to call Hamilton back (the whole out lap and the flying lap ...

Apparently it was a mistake from the mechanic using the fuel rig who set the switch to "drain" instead of "fill" for a fraction of a second, and then the engineers let the car go anyway. I think the exclusion came because Mclaren had to immediately know he was underfueled but instead of calling him ...