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  1. theera

    theera Formula Junior

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    #1 theera, Mar 19, 2008
    MILAN, March 18 (Reuters) - Ferrari Chief Executive Officer Jean Todt resigned on Tuesday and will be replaced by General Manager Amedeo Felisa, the company said in a statement.

    Todt headed Ferrari's Formula One team when the Italian carmaker won six straight constructors' titles between 1999 and 2004 with driver Michael Schumacher. In 2006 Todt became CEO of the Maranello, Italy-based luxury sportscar builder.

    Todt said he had wanted to stay at Ferrari while Chairman Luca Cordero di Montezemolo was chairman of Italy's employers body. Now Montezemolo is back at Ferrari Todt said he could "dedicate more time to myself and the things I'm interested in".

    Todt will remain a board member as well as chairman of Ferrari Asia Pacific and Ferrari West Europe. He will also be charged by Montezemolo to carry out special assignments for Ferrari's racing operations, the company said.

    Felisa, 62, joined Ferrari in 1990 and was named general manager two years ago.
     
  2. js430

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    #2 js430, Mar 19, 2008
    Should bode well for Ferrari's F1 effort, now that he can concentrate on that directly. Doesn't seem to be anything more to it than that.
     
  3. LongJohnSilver

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    #3 LongJohnSilver, Mar 19, 2008
    He stepped away from F1 at the end of last season.
     
  4. js430

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    #4 js430, Mar 19, 2008
    I took his desire to focus on things that "interest him" to mean that he would return to F1? Probably not, huh?
     
  5. FarmerDave

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    #5 FarmerDave, Mar 19, 2008
    While vague, it's at least honest. He could have said "I want to spend time with my family." Maybe that's the Italian version of our cliche.
     
  6. theera

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    #6 theera, Mar 19, 2008
    Probably not, but after the last race....I'm not so sure.
     
  7. 285ferrari

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    #7 285ferrari, Mar 19, 2008
    +1
     
  8. ferrariKP

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    #8 ferrariKP, Mar 19, 2008
    Another blow-up news beside Fed rate-cut!!!
     
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  10. zippyslug31

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    #10 zippyslug31, Mar 19, 2008
    Huh.... if my wife saw this thread she would have assumed "Justin Timberlake retired". Go figure....
     
  11. finnerty

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    #11 finnerty, Mar 19, 2008
    I wonder if he may be ill....???

    I certainly hope that's not the case, but it surely seems suspicious...
     
  12. Kingair33

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    #12 Kingair33, Mar 19, 2008
    Is there any fathomable "reason" his son was in the garage/pits all weekend or was he just a visitor?
     
  13. Scuderia NoVA

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    #13 Scuderia NoVA, Mar 19, 2008
    JT's son is Felipe Massa's manager.
     
  14. theera

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    #14 theera, Mar 19, 2008
    +1 on that one
     
  15. Kingair33

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    #15 Kingair33, Mar 19, 2008
    Ah! Thanks, I didn't know that. :D
     
  16. DM18

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    #16 DM18, Mar 23, 2008
     
  17. theera

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    #17 theera, Mar 23, 2008
    Surprised to see him at the Malaysian GP, and noticed that he wasn't wearing his usual Scuderia gear.

    With his departure one thing is for sure, it's the real "changing of the guards" at Ferrari, gone is the dream team with Rory, Ross, Michael and JT.
     

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