Does anybody read Leo Turrini the ultimate Ferrari insider?

No.....

 

Another journalist pretending that he´s part of the show, instead of just a spectator. The list is long: Leo Turrini, Joe Saward... pick your choice: most of the things they say are speculation, gossip from supposed "insiders" or just their own opinion.

Although they sometimes say something interesting. This week Turrini, quoting Forghieri, said that according to Costa the Mercedes still have 6 tenths under their sleeves. F**k.

 

I beg to differ. From 25 years of first-hand experience, I would say Joe is easily the closest to an insider as you'll find in the F1 press pool...

 

Maybe.

But sometimes he´s an unbearable smartass too. The same could be said about Turrini.

 

Yes, I read his column and have read that one; he also quoted Mauro Forghieri saying that his friend Gordon Murray told him that many young engineers that could work at Ferrari are now deterred by politics...but that hardly front page news.
Turrini is a competent insider, his inside news are coming from Italy which make them interesting, but like all inside news, and perhaps more because they are coming from Italy, these must be taken with a pinch of salt.

Rgds

http://blog.quotidiano.net/turrini/2016/09/06/i-ferraristi-sud-africani-e-forghieri/

 

I guess i would have prefered to be kept in ignorance than to have red that article!!!

 

Why? didn't you know that politics play an important role at Ferrari?

 

No, not that...i knew sweater's is an ass...i'm talking about what Costa said..the 6 to 7 tenths they have in reserve!!!

 

Unfortunately, I have not many illusions left: their engine was better designed from the start, and as some are saying, and asking, that the engine regulations should be frozen until 2020...well...

Rgds

 

You don´t need to be Aldo Costa to know that Mercedes is not running full throttle most of the time: nobody does that when you have a 15 seconds margin. Probably they only pushed at 100 % when they had some pressure at Australia, Canada or Monaco.

 

Ferrari politics....their downfall for many a year...
Mabey thats what Arribene is trying to resolve....
Couldnt hurt.

 

More likely, that is what will kill Arrivabene.

 

Arrivabene who?