Moderator Tommy Posted February 18, 2019 Moderator Posted February 18, 2019 The team was founded by Enzo Ferrari, initially to race cars produced by Alfa Romeo, though by 1947 Ferrari had begun building its own cars. Among its important achievements outside Formula One are winning the World Sportscar Championship, 24 Hours of Le Mans, 24 Hours of Spa, 24 Hours of Daytona, 12 Hours of Sebring, Bathurst 12 Hour, races for Grand tourer cars and racing on road courses of the Targa Florio, the Mille Miglia and the Carrera Panamericana. As a constructor, Ferrari has a record 16 Constructors' Championships, the last of which was won in 2008. Alberto Ascari, Juan Manuel Fangio, Mike Hawthorn, Phil Hill, John Surtees, Niki Lauda, Jody Scheckter, Michael Schumacher and Kimi Räikkönen have won a record 15 Drivers' Championships for the team.[14] Since Räikkönen's title in 2007 the team narrowly lost out on the 2008 drivers' title with Felipe Massa and the 2010 and 2012 drivers' titles with Fernando Alonso. Michael Schumacher is the team's most successful driver. Joining the team in 1996 and departing in 2006 he won five drivers' titles and 72 Grands Prix for the team. His titles came consecutively between 2000 and 2004, and the team won consecutive constructors' title from 1999 until the end of 2004; this was the team's most successful period. Currently, Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc are the two main race drivers. The team is also known for its passionate support base known as the tifosi. The Italian Grand Prix at Monza is regarded as the team's home race. Grazzie Ragazzi!
nudge Posted February 18, 2019 Posted February 18, 2019 Don't like the new matte red colour. Almost looks orange depending on lighting...
Moderator Tommy Posted February 18, 2019 Author Moderator Posted February 18, 2019 7 hours ago, nudge said: Don't like the new matte red colour. Almost looks orange depending on lighting... I think it's beautiful and something else for Ferrari.
Guest Cannabis Posted February 20, 2019 Posted February 20, 2019 On 18/02/2019 at 13:44, nudge said: Don't like the new matte red colour. Almost looks orange depending on lighting... Looks proper weird doesn't it?
nudge Posted February 20, 2019 Posted February 20, 2019 45 minutes ago, Cannabis said: Looks proper weird doesn't it? Yeah it just doesn't seem right haha.
Administrator Stan Posted February 26, 2019 Administrator Posted February 26, 2019 Vettel isn't very good at hide and seek.
nudge Posted February 26, 2019 Posted February 26, 2019 Much prefer that than the previous weirdly orange one!
Moderator Tommy Posted March 15, 2019 Author Moderator Posted March 15, 2019 Seems like their struggle in FP2 is set-up related. Hopefully they can get it sorted for tomorrow.
nudge Posted March 16, 2019 Posted March 16, 2019 Interesting rumours coming in from Italy; the main gist of it being the alleged reliability issues that led to Ferrari having to turn down their PU a bit and make aerodynamic changes to compensate for it, leading to loss of balance. Not sure if true but it would make sense as even with Mercedes sandbagging, Ferrari's car performance looked inferior to the one in testing.
Moderator Tommy Posted March 16, 2019 Author Moderator Posted March 16, 2019 31 minutes ago, nudge said: Interesting rumours coming in from Italy; the main gist of it being the alleged reliability issues that led to Ferrari having to turn down their PU a bit and make aerodynamic changes to compensate for it, leading to loss of balance. Not sure if true but it would make sense as even with Mercedes sandbagging, Ferrari's car performance looked inferior to the one in testing. They should let Leclerc drive with the testing modification, to see if those reliability issues are really that bad. You either get a win or a DNF. But you'll know more
nudge Posted March 16, 2019 Posted March 16, 2019 3 minutes ago, Tommy said: They should let Leclerc drive with the testing modification, to see if those reliability issues are really that bad. You either get a win or a DNF. But you'll know more I like your all or nothing mentality but I think the risk to lose 1/3 of allocated engines in their first race of the season already is a bit too much for Ferrari On a serious note, Kimi mentioned losing power at the end of Q3 and so did Grosjain at some point today - both Ferrari engines as well. Hope it's not a huge design flaw
Moderator Tommy Posted March 16, 2019 Author Moderator Posted March 16, 2019 Just now, nudge said: On a serious note, Kimi mentioned losing power at the end of Q3 and so did Grosjain at some point today - both Ferrari engines as well. Hope it's not a huge design flaw Seriously though, that would suck. I'll never ever trust the tests again, probably won't even pay attention to them anymore. It's all a load of bollocks.
nudge Posted March 16, 2019 Posted March 16, 2019 1 minute ago, Tommy said: Seriously though, that would suck. I'll never ever trust the tests again, probably won't even pay attention to them anymore. It's all a load of bollocks. Haha take it easy... Maybe it's not that bad; the PU reliability issues are just a rumour anyway and even if it's true, we don't know anything about the extent of it. Could well be a software glitch that they'll manage to fix soon.
Moderator Tommy Posted March 16, 2019 Author Moderator Posted March 16, 2019 At least we still have Mick and Sophia
Moderator Tommy Posted March 18, 2019 Author Moderator Posted March 18, 2019 2 hours ago, MUFC said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/47608624 Vettel will be ahead this season, and in the future we'll have an apprentice battles/beats the master situation.
Moderator Tommy Posted March 25, 2019 Author Moderator Posted March 25, 2019 https://www.gpblog.com/en/news/33415/ferrari-insider-leo-turrini-they-have-found-the-problem-from-melbourne-.html Hope?
nudge Posted March 25, 2019 Posted March 25, 2019 12 minutes ago, Tommy said: https://www.gpblog.com/en/news/33415/ferrari-insider-leo-turrini-they-have-found-the-problem-from-melbourne-.html Hope? Pretty vague, was hoping for more details when I clicked on that link haha. Hopefully he's right though and Ferrari manages to solve whatever the issue is in time for Bahrain.
Moderator Tommy Posted March 29, 2019 Author Moderator Posted March 29, 2019 So Ferrari are running with the tight engine covers again that they used in the Barcelona tests, which might suggests that they solved their overheating problem?! Let's hope so.
Moderator Tommy Posted March 29, 2019 Author Moderator Posted March 29, 2019 1 hour ago, MUFC said: Put Vettel for pole on my prediction. Oh Vettel. Thanks for reminding me to change a few things. Or should I say... Grazie Raggazi?! Oh Seb. Oh Charles.
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