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Ferrari Boss Promotes Third Car Rule Change

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Like a dog with a bone, Ferrari CEO Luca di Montezemolo can’t let go of the idea of F1 teams being allowed to run three cars.  He’s been pushing this idea for several years.  When Michael Schumacaher was still retired driver-in-residence for the team, he was vocal about utilizing Schumi as third driver.  Now, however, [...]

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Ferrari CEO Sounds Off at Annual Maranello Holiday Lunch

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Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo observed two traditions earlier this week: he hosted the annual Christmas lunch at Ferrari’s Maranello headquarters, and he also held forth in a keynote speech delivered during the event. Regarding the 2010, do Montezemolo, like a dutiful schoolmaster, graded his pupils (i.e. drivers Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso) thus: “Felipe [...]

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Massa Thanks di Montezemolo for Support, Insists He’s a Team Player

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Felipe Massa, in the course of a few races, has gone from sulking about being relegated to de facto number two driver at Ferrari to praising Fiat/Ferrari chairman Luca di Montezemolo for his public expression of faith in the diminutive Brazilian driver. You’ll recall that it wasn’t long ago, in the wake of Ferrari’s none [...]

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Ferrari Boss Tells Massa to Get with the Program

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Ferrari CEO Luca di Montezemolo has urged driver Felipe Massa to get with the program and support team mate Fernando Alonso’s bid for this year’s driving title.  At the recent Paris Motor Show, the Ferrari boss said, “I have waited for Felipe with great perseverance in the last four races. I want a strong Massa [...]

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Max Mosley Criticizes Ferrari Management, Calls di Montezemolo “a Very Weak Character”

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Although the FIA has often been accused of Ferrari favoritism, former FIA president Max Mosley was recently critical of the team, insisting that that the Maranello-based outfit scuttled his plans to bring down the cost of racing in Formula 1.  Mosley told F1 Racing “Between January and May in 2008, we had a series of [...]

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New Schumacher Mercedes Commercial – Video

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Luca di Montezemolo must be kicking himself for having let Michael Schumacher slip away.  He has made it known in the past that Schumacher’s value to the Ferrari went beyond his skills as a driver.  He was also highly prized as a marquee name who added luster to the commercial brand.  This was seen as [...]

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Ferrari Launch the F10 at Maranello – Video

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Ferrari held the official launch of their 2010 Formula 1 car today, making them the first team to do so.  While Mercedes GP held their launch earlier in the week, the purpose of that ceremony was essentially to introduce the new Mercedes livery and the newly paired German drivers, Schumacher and Rosberg, to the racing [...]

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Yamaha Boss Is Afraid Ferrari Will Steal Rossi for F1

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Yamaha MotoGP team boss Davide Brivio is worried that nine-time MotoGP champ Valentino Rossi is about to be poached by the Ferrari Formula 1 team.  Rossi completed a three-day test at Jerez last week, setting respectable times.  He came within a shade of equaling Kimi Raikkonen’s lap record in a similar F2008 two years ago. [...]

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Valentino Rossi Sets Impressive Times in a Ferrari F2008

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Nine-time MotoGP champ Valentino Rossi has once again proven that his gift for speed on two wheels is a transferrable skill.  He wrapped up a second day of testing Ferrari Formula 1 car at the Circuit de Catalunya, in Spain, today, setting a best time of 1:21.9.  This time was just 0.23 seconds off the [...]

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Valentino Rossi Scheduled for Another Ferrari Test

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MotoGP ace, and nine-time world champ, Valentino Rossi is being given yet another opportunity to test a Ferrari Formula 1 car.  Ferrari and Rossi have maintained an ongoing flirtation for several years, and there has been periodic speculation that one day Rossi would hang up his leathers in favor of the livery of the Scuderia. [...]

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