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I think joke its on you! This is one of the dumbest threads I've seen on planetF1!

Consider this Raikkonen had the faster car so where did he finish relevant top alonso this year and how many points adrift?

Only a fool would say what you've spewed out! '

Ladies and gentleman we have a live one here! Fair dinkum!

Yes. Felipe was ignored and they realized this later in the season when they needed his help. Typical bad management.

Ferrari needs a proper management. Last good senior manager there were Jean Todt.

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There is no fool here. That is a hard fact. The results are not here hence they changed the driver to "one who can work to develop the car". Three years later?

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It's worse than that because including all titles it is...

Kimi & Massa 3
Alonso & Massa 0

To be fair, Fernando has been unlucky not to win a WDC title. But I think the fact that Ferrari have won zero WCC titles with him is poetic justice.

when you receive over 200+millions sponsorship from a bank that back 1 of your driver, you can hardly practice equalization.

Alonso threw it away in 2010 by performing badly on first half of the season

Alonso threw it again in 2012 on Suzuka by forcing kimi out of track, something that he despise so much when others did it to him.

Well, it's not Alonso's fault that he brings the title sponsor with him to Ferrari but I see your point and I think it puts an extra weight of expectation on his shoulders. My point really is that Ferrari were more successful when they were +not+ 100% focused on one driver at the expense of the other. Do I expect them to change now? No chance.

Ferrari's next drivers title will be when Vettel is driving for them, wish he wouldn't go to the team, but unfortunately he'll be there sooner or later.

I agree Alonso is better than Kimi. But Ferrari was crazy to let go their champion. You can also say they were terribly unlucky in 2008 and 2010. I don't rate this year as unlucky as Ferrari was simply slower.

I don't think they had any choice. Santander/Alonso had no interest in a competitive teammate. Can you imagine Kimi going along with all the crap that Massa has? I don't think so. For Ferrari, it was a cynical decision based primarily on money and, for once in life, it hasn't paid off. The question is, how long can the relationship last without a title? There were signs of cracks after India, if they begin next season with an uncompetitive car... who knows what will happen.

And who says they did focus equally on Massa. The difference between his performance in Valencia compared to say Japan when he was lapping close to Vettel is ridiculously huge. I've seen drivers progressively improving, for example Kimi had issues with his steering which got better and better throughout the season, Schumacher also steadily improved over 2 years from being consistently 0.4s off the pace to being ahead.. But Massa's mega leap in performance is absurd and abnormal. They put the same upgrades on Alonso but his quali position was consistently around 5-6-7 whereas Massa started beating Alonso.

The 'resurgence' was right after Ferrari were being bombarded with questions about their no2 for next year. LdM made it clear with his 'rooster in hen house' analogy that Ferrari will not have 2 no1 drivers. Alonso admitted himself he has a say in who partners him for 2013 and there were rumors from Italian sources that Alonso did not want Perez in Ferrari. Alonso also openly admitted he will do his part in helping Felipe keep his seat. It is quite possible Alonso's internal politics helped provide better internal resources and help with setup for a short period of time. I'm not telling Ferrari just assembled a car and asked Massa to go whatever he wants but the shift in performance is too large to be attributed on either tires, setup or upgrades etc.. Felipe got what he had in 2008 for the last few races and if I have this right, he will be back to square one next year and people will again blame the car and appreciate Alonso.

i think the cracks showed in Alonso's pace, particularly in the last 2 races. He was simply slower than Massa. But there are not top seats available in the next few years so I believe Alonso will see out his years in Ferrari, losing to RB or Mclaren of course.

I've no doubt that Alonso would want to see out his years at Ferrari, he has burned too many bridges and has few options if any remaining. The question is, will Ferrari want to see out his contract. He is a great driver but Ferrari is Ferrari and to them, he is just a driver. If he continues to use the media for his own spin at the expense of the teams, it's going to grate. I think it all depends on Santander and their money. Of course, if they deliver him the best car next year and he wins the title... problem solved, but somehow I doubt that's going to happen.

nop... its still on you.

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i doubt that. Kimi didn't really has much input on car development during his 3 years stint in ferrari, massa got the chances to fill up the void. And it costs kimi dearly in 2008.

The only aspect alonso is better than kimi is work rate.

Kimi is used to mclaren style working environment when the team is more active instead of being passive and require a leader to lead the team.

Thats why mclaren cant work with Alonso, and kimi cant work with ferrari.

Both of them went for wrong team on 2007..............

A)Ofcourse other team had a faster car in 2007...infact the very team he was in...
B)How did kimi had better machinery when kimi had reliability issues in ferrari and this year the ferrari was bulletproof...

I would say the whole logic behind this thread is wrong!!

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maybe OP was implying that ferrari gave numerous questionable reasons for dumping Kimi over Fonzie. Both are fantastic drivers, no doubt, but the dumping execution was not very nice by Ferrari. They could have ended the relationship in a much nicer way, they chose to end it in such a bad way for Kimi.

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Heh, RaisinChips is trying to turn around the question if drivers develop cars. The obvious answer is NO. They give feedback to the engineers who fix problems.

So neither Alonso or Räikkönen design cars. They feedback to engineers who design based on the feedback. As far as we can see there is no change before or after so nothing has changed.

But as I have said numerous of times. Ferrari management is bad and needs a quick replace. In other words their team management sucks and it have done that since departure of Jean Todt. (Who is also the last team manager and champion at Ferrari)

Soon the team lack excuses so what will happen next?

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the entire team self -destructs??? that would make it my cup of tea

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Ferrari has a fantastic driver in Alonso, they can't ask for more. Even if some would claim that Kimi is a better driver, by how much? nothing significant I'm sure.

As said in another thread, the problem in Ferrari isn't in their drivers, its in their approach. Now if they decide next year to give both drivers equal attention, Alonso's nerves will be tested only then we can say Ferrari is doing the right thing. And they're trying to fix their "bend-over-backwards" to Alonso approach since 2010.

I really want them to win next year's WCC, would be nice if Massa wins the WDC but I hope Alonso doesn't win it (simply because I don't like him )