Bridgestone acccused of bankrolling Ferrari testing

Ferrari as scapegoat? http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns13815.html

 

Sour grapes!

 

Bridgestone clearly has a stake in Ferrari's performance. It is not Ferrari's fault that the other tire manufacturer sucks!!!

 

Er, Bridgestone supply tyres to Ferrari, one of the reasons they do this is so they are associated with the winning team ... last time I looked this is called sponsorship. When has it become illegal for a sponsor to supply money to the team they are sponsoring?

What a load of manure , definitely sour grapes.

Pete

 

Bunch of BS, who cares, Bridgestone can do what they like just as Michelin can. Michelin's problem is they don't have any teams that can catch MS and Ferrari.

 

Yeah, and if it weren't for the Bill Gates' of the world, I'd sure seem much more wealthy. So next year, when Ferrari is systematically kicking everyone else's ass, I hope it's pointed out that these owners were sitting around *****ing about Ferrari, rather than getting to the business of building a better car.

 

If you can't beat 'em, CHANGE THE RULES!

 

They did that AND STILL LOST!!!

 

More BS:
Autosport.com:
World champions urged to join with other teams

Ron Dennis and Bernie Ecclestone are adamant that teams are not plotting against Ferrari

Ferrari is not being deliberately put into isolation over the latest moves to cut costs in Formula 1, key figures behind the plans have told autosport.com, despite the fact that its rival teams have vowed to go it alone in reducing testing next year if the world champions do not back the plans.

McLaren boss Ron Dennis and Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone both insist that they want Ferrari to join up to the scheme, even though agreement for the rules was reached without any involvement from the Italian outfit. It came after a similar cost-cuts meeting in Brazil that took place without Ferrari prompted talk from sporting director Jean Todt that the outfit was being frozen out of the developments.

Speaking to autosport.com after Tuesday's breakthrough meeting at Heathrow, which Ferrari's key personnel could not attend because of personal reasons, Dennis said: “We will give Ferrari every opportunity to participate. They were not excluded from today's meeting – they declined to attend.”

Dennis wants to make it absolutely clear that the move to limit testing, something Ferrari is staunchly against because it owns two test tracks, is being put in place not to hinder the current dominant team but to try and improve F1.

“The steps we have taken are to reduce our costs and improve the show,” said Dennis. “If they [Ferrari] don't want to reduce their costs and improve the show then that is a decision they have to take.

“We are not against anybody – what we are for is improving the show and reducing our costs. It is as simple as that. And we will welcome everybody having the same opinions – there is nothing we have done that is detrimental to any individual team – or excludes any individual team.”

Ecclestone himself is optimistic that Ferrari will actually join up to the scheme because they will realise that the costs of competing in F1 are getting too high. The teams have so far agreed to reduce testing by 50 per cent and make moves towards a single tyre formula.

“I think they will come,” he said. “I think they will appreciate that there is a necessity to reduce the costs of being competitive in F1 and to give a better show.”

Ecclestone also confirmed that the absence of Ferrari from the crucial second costs cuts meeting in Interlagos was a genuine mistake – caused in part by the confusion going on in the Ferrari pits following Michael Schumacher's practice accident on Saturday morning.

“We had two meetings in Brazil, one everyone was there and for the second one I said to someone to tell everyone there was going to be a meeting,” he added. “The person in the end, after interrogation, confessed that they forgot Ferrari – and the reason was there was the accident with Schumacher and with all the commotion they forgot to go back.

“Todt said that we made decisions because he wasn't there, but that wasn't true. Nobody is plotting against Ferrari.”

Yeah right. RD speaks with two tongues.