ROSSI IN PLACE OF MASSA...THE PLOT THICKENS

Rossi > Massa > Kimi > Schumi ?
Stop the bus I want to get off.

Just thinking out loud lets just say if Massa truly cant get up to speed. What then ?
If Ferrari is still paying on KR's contract perhaps a phone call down to the yacht would be in order. "Put down the Finlandia and report on Monday".

 

Then Fisifella will take over.

Not Rossi. Not Kimi. Not Santaclaus.

 

Not Santa Claus!, tell Me it ain't so! (I'm getting great odds on Santa if Massa doesn't work out!).

It does seem strange how many people do not seem to be able to understand the idea of Fisi being the reserve driver!. I mean, it's not exactly rocket science is it?.

 

Indeed. That's the only reason they have him on board. Duh.

It should be equally obvious that Rossi's trials are just PR stunts. While I could imagine some backmarker team being happy to sign him on and get the sponsorship $ he brings along, I'm pretty sure Ferrari would never stoop so low as to offer him a seat.







...I mean they would e.g. also never put a non talent guy who was barely able to finish races in a Minardi and hasn't participated in a GP for ten years into their F1 car in a real GP? Right?

 

To be fair to Ferrari, like with Rossi, they do keep their promises (even if it does cost them in the long run).

Mind you, they did try to convince an retired old man with a duff neck to try racing again!.

 

Indeed.

 

KR is out of any contract and probably has his dough. I think that part of the reason F are letting Rossi test is to try to hook him in. It does seem strange to keep Massa's time under wraps unless they're doing the same as they did when Schumi was planning to step in and was way off the pace.

 

LOL... seriously? Gotta love the media making "news" out of nothing and people posting it like it has a snowballs chance in hell of happening. LdiM says nothing there, other then what fans like you want to hear.

 

He.

Didn't.

Actually.

Say.

Anything.

It's the same kind of thing a politician says to please voters on an issue he has no intention of actually becoming involved in.

"I would if I could."

But he can't (run a third car), so he won't.

 

You have absolutely no idea of what you are talking about. "Dismiss out of hand the possibility..." WTF? Look, what we're dismissing out of hand is your contention that Rossi might substitute for Massa this season, and that, beyond that, "the plot thickens"! Whatever Rossi's abilities in an F1 car might or might not be at this point in time have nothing to do with it. There is no plot and there is no thickening. Fisichella is the reserve driver. Do you not have anything better to do with your time? This is my last post on this absurd thread. Please let's make it go away.

 

Well then, care to make a friendly wager?

One year from now, when Ferrari debut their 2011 F1 car, if Moto GP rider Valentino Rossi is an Official, contracted Ferrari F1 driver, in any capacity, be it racing or testing, I will use this as my avatar for the entire 2011 F1 season beginning with Friday practice for the first race.

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But, if Moto GP rider Valentino Rossi is not an Official, contracted Ferrari F1 driver when the car is launched ahead of the 2011 season, you have to use this as your avatar for the entire 2011 F1 season, beginning with Friday practice for the first race.

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No other conditions, no "only if three cars", or any other excuses on either side. Either Vale is signed to Ferrari as an F1 driver, or he's not. In the event that Vale is signed to Ferrari after the beginning of the 2011 F1 season, but before the final race, I will wear my "Casino Was Right" avatar for the remainder of the 2011 F1 season through until the beginning of the 2012 F1 season.

How about it?

 

Before we make this offical, with a dedicated thread that can be searched quickly, lets specify what you mean by "a later date".

I'm willing to extend this to the 2012 season as well, same bet as 2011.

If MotoGP Rider Valentino Rossi is an Offical, contracted Ferrari F1 driver for the 2012 F1 season I will wear my "Casino Was Right" avatar for the entire 2012 F1 season, beginning with the Friday practice for the first race.

Likewise if MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi is not an Official, contracted Ferrari F1 driver for the 2012 F1 season, Casino Square will wear his "ApexOversteer Was Right" avatar for the entire 2012 F1 season, beginning with the Friday practice for the first race.

Is this agreeable to you?

 

and accepted... I'll post the dedicated thread using quotes of the above posts, and will accept the wager once more there.

Lets have fun with this, that's what we're here for!

 

The offical wager thread is up!

 

The smoke screen has tricked ALL of you...

I'm taking over Massa's ride at Ferrari AND Rossi's ride at Yamaha!!!!

HA!!!!

 

The only thing that thickens is the skull of those who believe in this nonsense. Domenicali is stupid but I doubt even he is THAT stupid. I predict that he will be too busy trying to protect his job in the next couple of years to think about Rossi. Should Massa fail, Ferrari does have a backup driver, right? The idea of Kimi getting a call from Ferrari is just plain idiotic. He got paid and he's done with Ferrari for good and very happy about it. Besides he's very busy at the moment clocking stage times that are somewhere between 0.5 sec and 0.9 sec per km behind Dani Sordo in rather extreme weather conditions. I reckon one could do a lot worse.

 

Yes in -20
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"I would happily give a Ferrari to an American, German or Australian team and let the car be managed by them".

Does this really mean what it sounds like?