Marching on together
2009- absolutely nowhere
2010- within a whisker of winning, despite not having the faster car all year
In the cold light of day and once everyone has calmed down, that's not a bad return. I'm sure the boys and girls from Maranello are hurting right now and that pain is what will propel them to win next year, or the year after.. Etc.
I'm annoyed with the race but VERY proud of the season.
Roll on 2011!
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I am so proud of this team!!
Forza Ferrari
Forza Ferrari!
Well that was a heart breaker but I'm glad somebody started this thread and it's not all "fire the team" "Alonso sucks"...This was a hell of a season and I really enjoyed it. Tough for Fernando, but we know what a great driver we have in him. Forza Ferrari!
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I am proud of the whole team..... it is easier to win the WDC in the best car and alot harder to get 2nd place in an inferior one. Well done Ferrari !!
sniper
2011.. i hope brings some Ferrari inovation where other teams chase us rather than the last few years of us chasing down others brilliance..
Forza Ferrari
we're number one
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During the last 12 seasons, we won 14 WC's out of 24!! Mclaren for example only 2..
During that period we won 6 WDC's and lost 4 at the last race..Only 2005 and 2009 we were much off the pace, but won historic races at Indy '05 and
Spa last year.
Winning at least one race every season since '94..Incredible achievement !!
I'm so disappointed now. I think too that Fernando's stop was 7,8 laps too early..There was no sufficient time- gap to the 'midfielders'.
And about Fernando's 'wave' to Petrov..Maybe not o.k, however so understandable..Really proud to have this great driver in the team..
His Korean- win, surely a lucky one..but finishing in the darkness made this one sooo special !!
Thanks to the whole team and hope we can add some WC's to our total soon
Forza Ferrari
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Alonso: "It was a decision of all," said the Spanish driver after losing the F1 World Championship after this controversial decision.
GRANDE FERRARi, what a team!
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Win some lose some. Am crushed as most of us are but we didnt have a car good enuf for fighting for wins for a large part of the year. What we have achieved is still amazing.
We will win it next year.
Silently, like a shadow
Moderatore
Never a truer word spoken
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What is annoying is that there are people who is ready to be close to you when you win and all of a sudden .... is there to say that you are a bunch of idiots. The true fans are not like this, they support and cheer in the bad and in the good times
"I don't want to be treated as special because I'm not. I just drive a racing car round in circles a bit faster than everyone else." Michael Schumacher
has Imbicilic Aura
Originally Posted by Julie B
"Luna faccia schiaffo testa"
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Yeah, good point
We may or may not have spend too much time on the F duct which otherwise could be used to catch up with Red Bulls
I hope we won't have any of those F duct and double triple diffuser stuff anymore next year
Ferrari > *
+1 for trying to fight back.
-1 for the rubbish car.
Compared to the last year we will have less time to prepare for the next season but time means nothing in F1, its ideas that count. So hopefully we will have plenty of those next year.
loves Sweden
If i would make a suggestion for a change, it would be the strategy team. We need someone more clever here. Someone with a nose for the situation.
McLorean RIP
FORZA FERRARI 2011 WCC WDC please please please
"Okay,...Jean is smarter than you....... can you confirm you understood that message" Bernie on the phone to Max circa 2009
Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines - Enzo Ferrari circa 1960
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I couldn't have said it better!
Sure, we had to swallow a bitter pill today, but when you look back, the team have done a tremendous job throughout the season and came back with the force.
I do have a feeling we will be even stronger (and hungrier!!!) next year. Roll on 2011!!!
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Hmmm, no way. Nobody is perfect. And someone 'more clever' doesn't guarantee you better strat calls. It's not like Ferrari were making all bad calls throughout the season. No, they've had some great calls too. You live and learn.
loves Sweden
All i can say is i somehow miss Brawn.
Salut Gilles
Because he never messed up ever right
Forza Ferrari
loves Sweden
Nobody is always right.Because he never messed up ever right
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I wonder should we be trying to get our hands on that genius Adrian Newey..
We were lucky to be fighting for a championship in the last race of the year when you consider the performance the Red Bull had.... it was an amzing year.. the best year in F1 s 60 year history and we were a part of that so congrats to Ferrari for that..
Kers is back next year so we should have a head start on that over Red Bull next year and Fernando will be there to help design and develop the car right from the off so roll on 2011 and lookin forward to Massa coming back to his 2008 form with the new Pirellis.. FORZA FERRARI......FORZA FERNANDO... FORZA FELIPE...
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Well done Ferrari and Fernando, you never gave up on your championship hopes. Even when behind Petrov, Alonso never gave up, you could tell he was trying so so hard. All things considered a positive year and a fantastic second half of the season.
It was my first year as a Ferrari supporter too, I have to admit I came over to you guys with Alonso but I have seen the light. Thanks for making me so welcome here, I have really enjoyed the season and sharing it with you guys. We will get them next year!
Forza Ferrari, Forza Fernando, Forza Felipe
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Ah, another one brainwashed
Forza Jules
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Well, we may have been developing the car since july 09, but Fernando didn't have any input until the end of the year. I want to see that F11 tested as much as possible.
I Also think, that because of the inseason testing ban, there may always be one dominant team. i hope this is ferrari next year.
In Stefano Domenicali, we have a team boss who has proved to be a leader. - Luca diMontezemelo
Vroom, VROOOOOOM!!!!
QFT The F11 will be developed around Alonso.
I also hope Ferrari will work something out with Magneti Marelli so they don't provide KERS to Renault again.
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Will the others go for the RB-pullrod solution now? New tires as well. But again the back end of the car will play a huge role. A blown single diffuser. I hope there will be no grey areas anyway. Well ok, itīs ok, if we are the ones in it ;)
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The tyres will play a crucial role. More than anything else.
Darn Tootin'!
Thank you, Ferrari. Awesome comeback but I am not sure I can take another season like this (not so soon, anyway) so please make next year's just a little tiny tad more boring.
FORZA FERRARI!
Darn Tootin'!
Oh GSABKUYA.
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Agree w/ Mrs D...my words are with a car that good, it shouldve never come down to the last race of the season..really...
RB shouldve wrapped this baby up 3 or 4 races ago....
Good fight Ferrari..then again, its Ferrari...I would expect nothing less..
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Luca di Montezemolo:
“Our morale is low after the conclusion to this season, but that’s sport. We had everything in place to win the title with Fernando but today, things did not go our way. All the same, I want to publicly thank the team for being capable of getting to the final round still in the fight for the Drivers’ title, staging a fight back which back in July, almost everyone considered an impossible task."
"We believed in it right to the end and today’s result should not cancel out what we have done this season. In all but two of the last fourteen years, Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro has reached the final race of the season either in the fight for the title or having already won it. Fernando has had an extraordinary season, demonstrating his strength and determination, always being close to the team and making an exceptional contribution."
"Domenicali has done a great job, keeping the team united at all times, even in the toughest moments. It will take us a little while to get over this disappointment but we have to keep our heads up and be proud of what we have done. Finally, I want to thank our fans, who have always believed in us, when one sees so many Ferrari flags and so many people coming to visit our park here in Abu Dhabi, I am happy that Ferrari is still operating at a high level, especially for them.”
Stefano Domenicali:
“There is a great sadness at this moment, because to come so close to our goal and to see it slip away for just a few points really hurts. We made a wrong decision in terms of strategy for three reasons, we marked a rival with two cars, we were unduly concerned about the wear rate of the soft tyres and we did not take into consideration the difficulty of getting past other cars on the track."
"Now, there is no point in discussing the whys and wherefores of how we arrived at this choice. Win or lose, we do everything together as a team. At this time, I would like to thank our fans who have always demonstrated their great affection. This was probably the worst race of the season, but when you lose by just a handful of points, it’s clear that the title was not lost here, or at least not just here."
"I want to congratulate Fernando, who is an extraordinary driver and an extraordinary person. He demonstrated powers of leadership from both inside and outside the cockpit and we will do all we can to give him and Felipe an even better car next year. I wish to thank the team for the great effort they have always put into their daily work, at the track and at home. Few people outside the company would have thought in mid-July that we would have made it to Abu Dhabi leading the world championship."
"Sure, and I repeat myself, now we are sad, but we have to keep our heads held high. We are Ferrari which means we are condemned to having to win, so a second place is a defeat, but this is also part of sport and we have to accept it. Finally, congratulations to Vettel, he had the quickest car and in the end, he was the best, which the points table proved.”
Felipe Massa:
“It’s a real shame the way things went in this race. We had decided to pit early to try and stay ahead of Webber, but we did not manage it and we were then stuck in traffic for almost the whole race, both myself and Fernando. Unfortunately, the cars ahead of us were very quick in a straight line and it was impossible to overtake. At a fantastic venue like this, it’s a shame that overtaking is so difficult."
"For me, it has definitely not been a great season, as I had expected a lot more out of it. Now we need to react and try to prepare as well as possible for the next season. We made mistakes and we must try not to repeat them. Already, we have two days of testing next week with the new tyres, I am curious to see how they behave.”
Fernando Alonso:
“It’s a shame to get to the end of the season and then lose the title at the final moment, but that’s racing, that is sport. Everything went wrong today, from the start itself to the strategy. With hindsight, it would have been better not to pit so soon, but it’s easy to say that when you have all the facts, however, it was definitely not an easy decision."
"I want to congratulate Red Bull and its drivers, over the course of the season they have had a little something extra than us and they deserve to be where they are today. I had said it over the past few days, this is still a great season. There have been some very intense months and I found myself in a team that has an amazing atmosphere."
"Now there is some sadness, but I am sure that in a few hours, with a clear head, we will begin to appreciate better what we have achieved. We have to continue like that, staying united and determined. We have to face next year with the same will to win which has characterised this one and, something I learned very quickly, is also in the Ferrari blood. We must improve the car and ensure that the mistakes that all of us, we drivers and the team, have made during the year, are not repeated.”
Chris Dyer:
“We are all very down at the moment. We had the car, the team and the driver with which to win the title but we did not manage it because we made the wrong decision in terms of strategy, and there is no point in making excuses. We concentrated too much on what Mark was doing and we then were left bottled up in traffic and that cost us the title. You could say we looked too closely at what was going on behind us without seeing what was in front of our nose. It’s a shame because losing like this hurts, it hurts a lot.”
It's sad to hear them sounding so lowmaybe we could send them some words of encouragement and support?
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