Posted by ashleigh on
May 17, 2006
Ferrari to announce driver line-up
Jean Totd has said that the Ferrari 2007 Drivers line-up will be announced at the Italian GP on September the 10th.
However this announcement has brought questions as to if Michael Schumacher will be driving for them as he claimed he would not make his mind up until the ed ofte season.
“You know, in a way, it’s a bit tiring to always have speculation and we know that once we will announce the drives, we will start on other speculation,” Todt said. "When we answer to those new speculations, we will no doubt have some other ones, so in a way, to concentrate on speculation at the moment on drivers is quite good because we don’t get on other matters.
We have a good harmony in the team.
Everybody knows that Michael is spoiled here, which he deserves, he’s like a spoiled kid in the team, together with Felipe.
They get on very well. You must see the photo on the podium in the last grand prix [at the Nurburgring]. You can see the harmony.
Posted by ashleigh on
April 23, 2006
Schumi on top again
Michael Schumacher has boosted Ferrari's 2006 hopes by winning the San Marino GP at Imola. It however was not all good new for Ferrari, Michaels car struggled after the first pit stop with what looks like troubles with his Bridgestones.
The Ferrari team chose to run more new tyres in qualifying than Renault and it seems they have suffered due to that decision. The Ferrari number 1 driver seemed to be 2 seconds of the pace during his second stint, and at least 1 second a lap off the pace in the third run.
He did however win due to a tactical mistake made by the Renault team. Renault called Alonso in for a fuel and tyre change while he was stuck behind Michael. However this proved a mistake as Alonso was then held up on his out lap by traffic and Ferrari were fortunate enough to bring Michael in on the following lap after a decent in lap. This allowed the Ferrari to just get out in front of the Renault basically sealing the race due to the difficulty of overtaking.
Posted by ashleigh on
April 16, 2006
Rossi to make his mind up soon? Schumi signed?
Valentino Rossi has announced that he will decide if he is staying in MotoGP or if he is going to try and emulate John Surtees and be world champion in both the 2 and 4 wheel disciplines.
Rossi has said that he will make the choice sometime before the end of June. If other rumours are true then Michael Schumacher has already signed another 2 year $60 million contract with Ferrari. This combined with the basic 'public' knowledge that Kimi has been asked (with a $5 million retainer) to give Ferrari first refusal on his contract, it looks like Rossi may not have anywhere to go.
Or will he? Now that Schumi has signed for Ferrari conceivably until he retires, and I doubt Ferrari will upset that carthorse bringing Kimi in. Renault will be on the lookout for an 'Ace' driver so I would think Kimi may end up their. Leaving Ferrari with a junior seat to fill. Yes Massa could fill that seat, but I think he may end up elsewhere, so Rossi could sit alongside the 'master' in the prancing horse team.
