Comments on: Giancarlo Fisichella confirmed at Ferrari

By: AndrewT

AndrewT — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:46:34 +0000

according to f1-live Fisi could grab a racing seat for him in 2010 as well: http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news/detail/090909113638.shtml

considering that Ferrari loaned Luca Badoer to Minardi in 1999 despite being under contract for testing purposes, could support this idea.
if there will be a need for another replacement in Ferrari next year, it would be useful to get Fisi racing at other teams, so i don’t think Ferrari would deny this opportunity.
the possible targets are Williams and Sauber i think.

By: mp4-19b

mp4-19b — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 04:39:58 +0000

I had remarked in my earlier post that Fisichella’s move to ferrari is more to do with his emotions than him really wanting to excell with them. He has resigned to the fact the he’ll not get a racing seat in 2010. But one victory could have changed his fortunes. But when i said here in this blog that it was a bad move by Fisi, i was labeled mad,insane & stuff. Just goes to show how ignorant & ill-informed some of the people here are. But that’s ok, i don’t give a damn to what such people think. I dunno what Luca Cordero di Montezemolo means when he says Fisi will remain with the team as a “Test driver”?? In-season testing is supposed to be banned, isn’t it? The winter testing milage is also very limited, so it would make perfect sense that most of that milage is covered by “regular” drivers kimi & massa. I dunno if Fisi will be of any significant help for ferrari in 2010. So in essence he has blown it for himself. Look whats happened to all those test drivers. Badoer,Wurz, De La Rosa. Their racing career is over cuz they choose to test with bigger teams instead of racing for smaller teams. Fisi has committed the same blunder, so it curtains down on his racing career.

But what astonished my was the moment he choose to quit FI. They might potentially have the faster of the 2 cars at monza. Wouldn’t it be nice if Sutil sticks his FI on pole & Fisi struggles to get into Q2?

By: mediaposting

mediaposting — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:34:45 +0000

If the Force India car is that good then he should have kept his place . Can somebody explain , why is a ferri seat bigger than a possile podium finish again ????

By: mediaposting

mediaposting — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:32:54 +0000

I hope so too

By: mediaposting

mediaposting — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:31:51 +0000

I think its a stupid move from Fisi . Unless he proves himself by having a podium by end of the season

By: mediaposting

mediaposting — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:30:04 +0000

Oviously Force India keeps the constructors points and Fisi keeps the drivers

By: Alex-Ctba

Alex-Ctba — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 19:29:28 +0000

I think Fisichella is a very fast driver but needs to be pushed all the time. I remember a race that the engineer had to be incessantly encouraging the driver to accelerate, but good luck for the new reserve, and his Italian dream. It’s really a retirement with glory and this begins just in Monza, the sacred temple of motor racing a place where unfortunately we may not see these machines accelerating above 350 km/h or very likely below that due to the limited V8 and also the question of saving engine for the next 5 races that will decide the championship which is headed to brawn do “beard and hair” just like how we speak here in Brazil. In the heyday of the V10 engines it was easily passed the 370 just before the strong braking of de pit lane. Some of the current drivers like Barrichello, Fisichela, Raikkonen, Alonso, Button also have had the pleasure of experiencing this V10s’feeling. I hope Giancarlo brings the girl home to the red team add the points that will guarantee the 3rd place in the constructors’ championship, those points that fail to add up to Badoers’ weaker performance, or THE GREATEST VEXAME OF ALL TIME exactly what was that ridiculous freak show. Anyway, good luck for Fisichella. Cheers !

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:44:49 +0000

Don’t forget that Schumacher got back better than before in 1999, when he broke his leg… Yeah, it’s true, he wasn’t hit in the head… the last case of a driver with a fractured skull that came back winning, that I can remember, is Mika Hakkinen after that terrible crash in Adelaide, 1995…

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:34:06 +0000

Fisichella keeps the drivers championship points and Force India the constructors championship points…

By: Alianora La Canta

Alianora La Canta — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:40:55 +0000

1986 might have had something to do with it – Senna insisted that Johnny Dumfries became his team-mate rather than Elio de Angelis because he thought he needed a slower wingman. The reason being that Lotus’ limited resources meant it could only supply a good car to one driver or give both drivers a mediocre car.

The flip-side of this is that in 1988 and 1989, he had Alain Prost as his team-mate. They brought out the best in each other. They brought out the worst in each other as well, but that’s off-topic.