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Was that - Yet Another Example Of Pro-Ferrari Bias™ - the only reason anyone could come up with that Domenicali shouldn't have the job then? With the sole incident to support this being something of nebulous (at best) illegality that happened at Ferrari years after he left?

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Be good to see them getting a run; I suspect its going to be Mick + possibly one of the other 2 that end up in F1 next season; although only if Haas take one of them.
I can't see Alfa taking two rookies and there's been so many rumours about Mick being at Alfa next year that I wouldn't be surprised if its been signed already.
 
vanpeebles said:
The whole oil burning cheating engine saga?
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Ferrari's PU last year/2019 Ferrari investigation?

I always thought it was down to additional fuel being squirted in between fuel flow sample rates, hence the increase in power and the additional (as well as updated) Sentronics fuel flow sensor for 2020.
 
JRS said:
Was that - Yet Another Example Of Pro-Ferrari Bias™ - the only reason anyone could come up with that Domenicali shouldn't have the job then? With the sole incident to support this being something of nebulous (at best) illegality that happened at Ferrari years after he left?

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Isn't Domenicali CEO of Lamborghini now anyway? It doesn't get a lot more anti-Ferrari than that.
 
Lopéz said:
Isn't Domenicali CEO of Lamborghini now anyway? It doesn't get a lot more anti-Ferrari than that.
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Yep; he went from Ferrari to VW (he was leading the supposed negotiations to buy Red Bull Racing and enter F1 which went pop when DieselGate Broke) - he was then moved to be CEO at Lamborghini where by all accounts he's been very successful.
 
I like him, always came across as a nice guy whenever Sky spoke to him on the pit wall.

Time will tell if he’s any good in this role but let’s wait and see before dismissing him :)
 
He's a nice guy and you have to give him the benefit of the doubt - but - I don't like where it's heading.

Todt, Brawn, Domenicalli - running F1.
Ferrari with a rule veto.

Is this appropriate?
This is how dictatorships start...I feel we are on a slippery slope this coming decade.

I hope Todt is not replaced by another Ferrari man - it will bring some balance.
 
Well who else would be available for such a position? Anyone form any team background is going to be seen as being biased one way or another.

Dominicalli came across really well on his episode of Beyond The Grid. He talks about his relationship with Ferrari & moving to Lambo amongst other things. Other members of the paddock seem to be receptive of his new position so I doubt there's anything to worry about.
 
pallys said:
He's a nice guy and you have to give him the benefit of the doubt - but - I don't like where it's heading.

Todt, Brawn, Domenicalli - running F1.
Ferrari with a rule veto.

Is this appropriate?
This is how dictatorships start...I feel we are on a slippery slope this coming decade.

I hope Todt is not replaced by another Ferrari man - it will bring some balance.
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Todt hasn't got long left although there were rumours about Luca di Montezemolo running to replace him; although David Richards (Pro Drive and current UK Motorsport Head) along with Alejandro Agag (Formula E) have been linked - personally I'd rather an "F1" person was in charge over the commercial promoter of Formula E; even if they do have Ferrari links; although I'd probably rather someone like Brawn than Luca to be honest.

pallys said:
A quick google tells me there are at least 50,000 CEO's globally to choose from.

But an ex-Ferrari man was the chosen one.
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Its not the kind of role you just chuck any CEO into; or we would just end up turning F1 into a constant race for extra ratings and revenue (you could argue that's what Bernie did with dreadful races in places like Sochi for mega bucks money).
It seems to me anyone that it needs an F1 (or at least motorsport) background
 
Dup said:
Well who else would be available for such a position? Anyone form any team background is going to be seen as being biased one way or another.

Dominicalli came across really well on his episode of Beyond The Grid. He talks about his relationship with Ferrari & moving to Lambo amongst other things. Other members of the paddock seem to be receptive of his new position so I doubt there's anything to worry about.
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Toto said he was going for the job.
But Ferrari blocked it.
 
deuse said:
Toto said he was going for the job.
But Ferrari blocked it.
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A lot of interviews (example, https://www.gpfans.com/en/articles/57279/ferrari-would-have-stopped-me-becoming-new-f1-ceo-wolff/) seem to suggest Wolff didn't bother putting himself forward as he believed Ferrari would veto the move, rather than him actually throwing his hat in the ring and Ferrari actively blocking it.

Either way, semantics and i'm still confused on how the FIA and the other teams have allowed Ferrari to keep this veto - i would have thought the additional 60/80 million would have been more than enough :confused:
 
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I imagine they need consent from every team to remove something like that (veto)?

If so, I can't see Haas or Alfa really being part of the I-do's :D
 
That's big news

Maybe merc should pull out of f1, and let all the teams have thier engines.

Probably most profitable way forward for them

Will be amusing if red bull have to go crawling back to Renault!
 
EVH said:
I imagine they need consent from every team to remove something like that (veto)?

If so, I can't see Haas or Alfa really being part of the I-do's :D
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Quite.

Although Todt has said previously that he believes Ferrari's veto isn't needed now and should be scrapped.
Although Ferrari says it's in the interest of all the teams them having it, although, and I could be wrong, I can't remember a time when they've used it in the interest of other teams - it has always favoured them :confused:
 
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