Marmorini wasted no time criticizing his former team: Following on from the departure of Stefano Domenicali earlier in the season, Ferrari parted ways with Marmorini at the end of July. Deemed responsible for Ferrari's poor first season in the new 1.6-litre V6 era, Marmorini is adamant that not all "the problems of the F14T are the fault of the power unit." "As if in a company with the history of Ferrari had forgotten how to make your engines!" he told Italian author and F1 insider Leo Turrini. "I mean, I accept any criticism, but do not tell me that at Maranello there are people who do not know the business of turbos, hybrids, etc." Marmorini also revealed that in the three months that he worked with new boss Mattiacci they "exchanged few words" and only "saw each other twice." The first of those two meeting was "for the greetings, the second when he gave me a letter that confirmed my departure from the company. "I do not want to accuse anyone. For real. "I will point out, however, that Ferrari is entrusting its road racing department to inexperience people who are using advisors who has so far shown nothing which is blind faith." He added: "Ferrari run the risk of damaging the bedrock on which which the many past successes were built. "I do not speak for me as I am out. But I am sorry for the engineers I know who are still there, good people who are demoralised." He continued saying: "My team and i have created an engine smaller than Mercedes and Renault because this was asked by Tombazis who was the car design chief. They told us they wanted a very compact engine, with small radiators, because what we would lose on power would be compensated with aerodinamic solutions that would give us advantage against Mercedes and Renault powered cars. That's exacly what hapened, except that when we faced the oposition the loss in horsepower wasn't compensated by the aerodinamics.
Nope, not really....obviously nobody want's to take the blame, less of all Marmorini who must be searching for a new job but he makes some very valid points and i wouldn't be surprised if what he claims is actualy the truth....Costa was more gentil(let's put it this way) but it's obvious that both man were very disapointed by the way thay were treated. This sacking culture it's not always the best (costa for me was a terrible mistake). I remenber when Felipe lost the title Ferrari made tons of mistakes the whiole year, yeat nobody got fired, and then, in 2010, when Alonso lost the title in the last race They quickly found an escape goat and fired him...wich was pretty stupid because he had proved in previous seasons he was a valuable team menber, and he was not the only one to blame...if i recall, the driver himself didn't even trird to overtake anyone!!!
I will say it, getting ride of Domenicali was a mistake he had experience running a F1 team the same cannot be said of his replacement. Selling lots of cars in the USA doesn't make for vast F1 experience. To liken him to Luca in the 70's is crazy because the sport has become considerably more technically complicates since then and back in the 70s Ferrari had a real genius in Mauro.
+1 I was one of the idiots that jumped on the bandwagon for the Costa removal but was very wrong. +1 on the last bit as well...Still laugh at Alonso being furious at Petrov for not moving over as if he had to .
It remains to be seen but I think Mattiachi is the right person for now. Mattiachi doesn't make decisions on things he doesn't know about, he takes advice from James Allison who is no dummy and will/should know exactly what needs to happen and who needs to be hired.
If either of you don't think Alonso "tried" to get by Petrov you are sorely mistaken. Anyone else remember the aerial shot where Alonso brakes so deep into turn 1 that the car locks up and goes completely sideways? Or when he ran off the track from trying every trick in the book? Bottom line, the Renault was a monster on the straightaways that race. Hamilton (in a much faster car than Alonso's on that given day) couldn't find his way past Kubica either (until Robert pitted) despite the fact that Kubica was on much older tires. That race and championship was lost on strategy, through no fault of Alonso's.
I beg to differ, Alonso knew all was lost unless he passed Petrov so when he realised he would't be able to make the pass without any cooperation from the russian he should simply go for it and not back off....Ok he could have crashed but Petrov would also prefered to avoid the accident and finish in the points..he needed it more than having an accident only to defend his position....Remenber how Senna passed naninni in Suzuka 89 after he crashed with prost? His only chance was to win that race and he did it...Alessandro was forced to open because he was an inteligent guy and he prefered a second (that later become first) than to crash....i do not believe for a second that a driver such as Shumacher, Alesi, or Mansell only to name a few would have been waiting for something wrong to happen to Petrov's car instead of going for it....However, this is not the point here and it's my own fault for derrailing the thread...
Ferrari is always going to be political and caustic environment.That is its history. the Todt/ Schumacher era was an anomaly like Montezemolo / Lauda era. Its well known in F-1 circles that to get a job with Ferrari is hitting the jack pot - they pay astronomical salaries... and part of the game is to survive long enough to earn your retirement nest egg. if you happen to make it big time like Brawn etc... eventually you will fall afowl of the Italian contingent - Italia e Ferrari primo.
The downside is what we have now. Stagnation and lack of innovation. Wins and success also build credibility and salary range with other team etc. Ferrari are rudderless. Allen isnt enough. Hes a token and no Ross at all.
Look at ldm work its a Clown hack show . Once schumi was gone it's back to the good old days of pointing fingers.
It sounds to me like Red Bull/Renault took the same approach as Ferrari/Ferrari. When RBR blamed the powerplant, Renault kinda came out and hinted it was the tight packaging that RBR wanted that was in part responsible for the RB's power unit woes. We've ended up with a spectacular season with hard racing by the works Mercedes, and some fantastic battles between the Renault/Ferrari powered cars. The power of the Mercedes PU has kept less competitive Mclaren and Williams able to be in the mix as well.
Actually I see a man concerned about the work environment affecting his friends and see's a team he loves being mis-managed. Passion in my opinion.
Even if he got by Petrov he would have had to get by Rosberg. Alonso was never close enough to make a move that would have made any sense. That Renault was too damn fast in the straights. Petrov saying he would have gotten out of the way after the fact doesn't mean squat. Give me a break, he was one of the most aggressive drivers that year. Regardless, it wasn't Alonso's fault that he lost the WDC at that race. He qualified third under immense pressure and circumstances out of his control lost it for him. That's all there is to it. The fact that he was even in position to challenge for the title in a car that was far inferior to the mighty RB6 is just another feather in his cap for being greatest of all time.
Regardless, it wasn't Alonso's fault that he lost the WDC at that race. Yes it was, and the championship was lost not only at that race.....remenber the spin in the first corner in an earlier g.p? remenber the false start? remenber the crash at Monaco? remember the miserable race in canada were the team made him jump the macs during pit stop only to get passed by both of them because he couldn't pass backmarkes fast enough? Remenber how he started last race?backwards! like he had done in Monza, but that time the team put him in front of jenson and he managed to stay there....The Ferari was not the best acr but Alonso drove as many good races as he made stupid mistakes....he is as much to blame for loosing that championship as anyone else. Now back to thead..yes, Mattiacis interview seems like an ansew to Marmorini...probably they are both right!!
You can look at any season of F1 in the history of the sport and no driver has done everything perfect. Hasn't happened once. (Alonso's 2012 is the closest I have seen to perfect). When you are on the ragged edge in an inferior car, mistakes happen. Alonso's talent took the 2010 championship to the wire in a car that was slower than the McLarens and Red Bulls and would have won comfortably if it wasn't for a team mistake. To think otherwise is just being a hater, which is what you are when it comes to Alonso. We will never agree so no point in discussing it any further.
Seems someone else is sending messages to ferrari Williams F1 team says eliminating blame culture key to resurgence By Edd Straw Thursday, August 21st 2014, 09:13 GMT Eliminating a 'blame culture' has played a significant role in the Williams Formula 1 team's turnaround, according to performance chief Rob Smedley. Williams has made significant strides during the 2014 F1 season both in terms of results and operational strength. Smedley believes that focusing on troubleshooting problems rather than trying to blame individuals has played a big part in that. The inside story of Williams's revival "Perhaps Williams was a bit guilty in the past, and it's not the only team, of having a bit of a blame culture on the technical side," Smedley told AUTOSPORT. "Pat [Symonds, chief technical officer] and I both have the same core value that you absolutely must not have a blame culture. "When you have a blame culture, people spend 60-90 per cent of their effort covering what they have done rather than doing anything positive and understanding the problem, making the car go quicker or making operations slicker. "I know that because I've seen it many times before, but if you actually say to people 'look, that's my job, the buck stops with me, it's actually my fault' no matter who made the call the situation is diffused very quickly. "We're not looking for someone to sack or looking for scapegoats, meaning people end up focusing on something positive. "That's the culture we are trying to build up here and slowly it is working." Smedley also believes that the race team and the factory are working together more effectively than before. This has often been a weakness at Williams in the past, but the impressive hit-rate of the upgrades the team has introduced this season shows it is no longer the case. While Symonds is focused on the work done at the factory as well as attending races, Smedley's role as head of vehicle performance means he is in day-to-day charge of the race team. "I really like the way the axis is working," said Smedley. "Pat is, far and away, the best boss I have had and there is a great deal of trust there between the two of us. "I'm in constant contact with him when we're here at the track and when stuff needs doing he's the link back to the factory. "We have these conversations and bounce ideas off each other and then that goes back, and it is a way to feed back ideas back to the factory." inShare 18
Nice post on Williams. Ferrari are unable to cope with change very quickly and be focused. The atmosphere posted by Costa Marmorini is toxic. Both say the same. No coinicidence. Appears to have a lack of harmony
Smedley never refers to Ferrari But given how long he was there i think it's obviosu who he was talking about when he mentioons "blame culture", "looking for someone to sack or looking for scapegoats"....after all he left the team because he choose to so no one can acuse him of sour grapes...