Spanish Grand Prix - Barcelona

[Carl]

Aug 21, 2020 14:29:25 GMT charleselan said:

I agree whole heartedly that Sebastian has been very poorly treated by Ferrari; despicably to be complete. The management at Maranello are not of the highest level and I really think that Binotto should have remained in charge of the technical side with some one like Stefano Domenicali as overall manager. Sadly it would appear that Ducati are of a similar mind set and have gained similar results.

I do not however agree that Charles is too young, or very young which ever is the way one would interpret that opinion. He is young of course but so have many others been in the past, it actually comes down to how they are managed and what relationship they have with their technical chief that really matters.

Sebastian's confidence has taken a large knock over the past two years, for various reasons, however he has a huge amount still to give in the right environment. I just hope that he can find that.

Strangeness has always prevailed at the Scuderia and il Commendatore set the tone.  I recall the bizarre episode following the death of a star driver, when he assumed his driver's mistress.  An act of kindness...

A legendary giant of motorsport, Ferrari was a strange and secretive man who kept his cards hidden and often acted by emotion and instinct, as though too proud for logic.  Whenever a department comes too close to balanced and practical, a silent internal alarm initiates ruthless infighting until disorder is restored.

I agree that Sebastian Vettel deserved better, but perhaps he expected too much...

[chrisb]

two multiple world champions have tried to emulate Michael's successes at Ferrari, but they didn't have Ross or Jean let alone Rory, and have both paid the price of their failure,

Historically which team can be said to be good driver managers? certainly not Ferrari, the fifties left a trail of broken hearts and funerals, the 60's threw away at least one WDC in 66 through Dragoni, again 76/77 with Niki, then 82, - the list goes on, as it does elsewhere, Team Williams really were great engineers but are fully honest by saying 'they could have done better with some of their drivers' and Colin Chapman hardly has the best man-management reputation, as for McLaren. well Bruce was great but subsequently?