Ferrari not budging on testing

[fpv_gtho]

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FERRARI STANDING FIRM ON TESTING
Last Updated: Monday, 20, December, 2004, 11:28


Luca di Montezemolo says it is no other team’s business how much testing Ferrari do.

The Ferrari president is in no mood to back down in the current dispute between the world champions and the rest of the field over testing restrictions.

Montezemolo told Welt am Sonntag: "Imagine, in football, if Juventus or Bayern Munich or Manchester United had to train only in the morning, or only on Wednesdays.

“That would be stupid, manipulation. So, if I want my team to test for five days a week that is my problem."

When reminded how much money F1 teams spend on testing, Montezemolo still refused to budge.

He said: "But it is my money. Even if I throw it out of the window, that's my decision. The topic of cutting costs is important but internal decisions must remain unaffected."

The president believes that the changes in engine regulations are a much fairer way of reducing costs.

He said: "I think an engine for two races is good. It's a technical challenge for everyone and at the same time it costs less because at the end of development you need fewer engines.”

[:Exige:]

Ah .. typical example of Ferrari crying when things dont go their way .. theyre just childish.

[Coventrysucks]

Ferrari should just be dropped from the entry list.

The company's reputation rests on its F1 success - it would force them to stop being a complete shower.

[henk4]

OK, guys you obviously don't like Ferrari, but what is wrong with Luca's reasoning? If you want to get better at anything you have to study more, practise more or test more. Banning Ferrari is like sending away the guy at school who got the best results because he worked hardest. This is not sport, this is business, which requires a buisinesslike attitude.

[Coventrysucks]

Banning Ferrari is like sending away the guy at school who got the best results because he worked hardest.

"I studied hardest, therefore the test should be written specifically for me.

As a attempt to reduce the mental stress of revising all students except me decided to limit the ammount of study time allowed.

I disagree with this because I might not get the highest score."

Yes its a business, but it won't be a very good business when Ferrari are the only team left because everyone else goes under financially.

[henk4]

"I studied hardest, therefore the test should be written specifically for me.

Is that a rephrase of the current testing rules? It seems that people simply forget that in most of the eigthies and a large part of the nineties Ferrari was really nowhere untit it decided to get its act together. Now that they have got that, everybody is complaining.

[fpv_gtho]

OK, guys you obviously don't like Ferrari, but what is wrong with Luca's reasoning? If you want to get better at anything you have to study more, practise more or test more. Banning Ferrari is like sending away the guy at school who got the best results because he worked hardest. This is not sport, this is business, which requires a buisinesslike attitude.

The big thing ive got with all this is that on one hand, Ferrari agrees with everyone that the costs need to be lowered, but on the other hand, they refuse to give up their testing (theyve got 2 private test tracks right?) and infact would rather increase testing, whilst the 9 other teams seem to be targeting it as one of the biggest contrbutors to rising costs, so in a way Ferrari are raising costs through their actions whilst also admitting they need to be lowered.

[henk4]

The big thing ive got with all this is that on one hand, Ferrari agrees with everyone that the costs need to be lowered, but on the other hand, they refuse to give up their testing (theyve got 2 private test tracks right?) and infact would rather increase testing, whilst the 9 other teams seem to be targeting it as one of the biggest contrbutors to rising costs, so in a way Ferrari are raising costs through their actions whilst also admitting they need to be lowered.

would it help if Ferrari made its tracks available to others?

[my porsche]

OK, guys you obviously don't like Ferrari, but what is wrong with Luca's reasoning? If you want to get better at anything you have to study more, practise more or test more. Banning Ferrari is like sending away the guy at school who got the best results because he worked hardest. This is not sport, this is business, which requires a buisinesslike attitude.

exactly, who cares how much ferrari practise? its their decision, if it gives them the upper hand, so what? that was their choice, the other teams can do it as well, so i dont see the big deal!

[drakkie]

i understand why they do it, but i think its unfair to the smaller teams, cos the smaller teams simply cannot afford to test so often.this would make the advantage of ferrari bigger and bigger... i agree with henk though, why punish the one that is the best cos of hard working/testing ?

[:Exige:]

We shouldnt punish them .. we should give everyone equal rights. Why punish people because they have less money? Thats why people like Minardi do so bad .. they just cant afford it. F1 isnt about who can get the most money, its about entertainment .. and nobody can see that and thats why F1 is so sh*t nowadays .. because it has strayed away from what its mean for. Personally I would be very happy to see F1 go .. put some real motorsport on which doesnt involve whining little team bosses who act like 3 year olds.

[henk4]

I subscribe to that, I prefer to see the Force F1 cars going around. First it is much cheaper to visit and second you can get real close to the cars.
But as I said before, F1 is a business, and it started to become a real business when Colin Chapman decided to paint his cars red and gold in stead of green.

[Mustang]

ferrari deserv to be banned from next season to teach them a lesson

[Coventrysucks]

I know they were crap once, and I think a certain red, Philip morris endorsed racing team should remember that too, instead of acting like a bunch of sissy premadonnas, bitching and moaning everytime a decision goes against them.

Wahh, wahh wahh were not getting our way! How can this be? We are FERRARI!!!

When the FIA ruled against BAR using their new "cornering device" at Hockenheim there was barely a murmour. Can you imagine the ammount of whinging that would have gone on if it had been Ferrari - not BAR?

[henk4]

I know they were crap once, and I think a certain red, Philip morris endorsed racing team should remember that too, instead of acting like a bunch of sissy premadonnas, bitching and moaning everytime a decision goes against them.

Wahh, wahh wahh were not getting our way! How can this be? We are FERRARI!!!

When the FIA ruled against BAR using their new "cornering device" at Hockenheim there was barely a murmour. Can you imagine the ammount of whinging that would have gone on if it had been Ferrari - not BAR?

Is West also owned by Phillip Morris?

Your remark about BAR is pure speculation.