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  1. jm2

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    #1 jm2, Oct 12, 2016
    interesting story about the corporate personality within Ferrari
    sounds like a number of other companies I know of ;)
    could be 'sour grapes' from a former employee......or not?


    SPORTS NEWS | Wed Oct 12, 2016 | 8:05am EDT
    Ex-chief engineer sees 'climate of fear' at Ferrari

    Ferrari are suffering from a "climate of fear" with staff reluctant to take risks in case they are fired, according to the Italian Formula One team's former chief engineer Luca Baldisserri.

    "Unfortunately, neither (chairman Sergio) Marchionne nor (team principal Maurizio) Arrivabene have racing experience, a culture that has been lost at the top of the team," he told Italy's Corriere dello Sport newspaper.

    "They are no longer a team but a group of scared people," he added. "Inside there is a climate of fear, the boys do not take risks, they don't make decisions for fear of being kicked out in disgrace."

    A Ferrari spokesman was not immediately available for comment.

    Baldisserri worked closely with seven times world champion Michael Schumacher and Brazilian Rubens Barrichello during a golden era for the team at the start of the century and subsequently oversaw Ferrari's driver academy.

    He left Ferrari last year to manage the career of Canadian former academy driver Lance Stroll, who is tipped to race for Williams next year.

    Ferrari have failed to win a race so far this year with Germany's Sebastian Vettel and Finland's Kimi Raikkonen, after three victories in 2015, and have slipped behind Red Bull in third place overall.

    OLDEST TEAM

    The most successful and oldest team in Formula One, the Maranello team last won a drivers' world title with Raikkonen in 2007. Their most recent constructors' championship was in 2008.

    "Raikkonen is going better than in 2015, Vettel much worse," said Baldisserri. "It's important for Ferrari to get him (Vettel) back and keep him close, at least in the short term... but the problem is not them."

    Marchionne, who is also Fiat Chrysler chief executive, replaced Luca di Montezemolo as Ferrari chairman in 2014. Arrivabene, a former Philip Morris executive, was appointed in November that year.

    Technical director James Allison was the latest high-profile departure in July, with Mattia Binotto moving from the engine department to replace him.

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    Baldisserri said the engine department had performed miracles since 2014 but Binotto was more of a team principal than a technical director.

    While Ferrari have misfired, Mercedes have just won their third successive constructors' title and are sure of a third drivers' crown in a row as well with only Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton still in contention and four races remaining.

    Former Ferrari designer and technical head Aldo Costa has been engineering director at Mercedes since leaving Maranello in 2011.

    (Reporting by Alan Baldwin, editing by Ken Ferris)
     
  2. daytona355

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    #2 daytona355, Oct 13, 2016
    Baldisseri tends to be a balanced chap, and he's not the type to step out and talk in public against ferrari. My fear with this is that he sees what is going on through his remaining friends there, likely experienced the climate before he left, and has decided against his usually better judgement to speak up for the good of Ferrari, rather than for any individual benefit.

    It is hard to quantify the loyalty to the team that ferrari instills in its staff and its true tifosi. Luca struck me as a 'true tifosi' whenever I met him, so if he is concerned for the team, we must hope that his interview is treated as a warning to Joe Sweaters at the top to change things before it's too late.
     
  3. kerrari

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    #3 kerrari, Oct 15, 2016
    It's also interesting that all of the memoirs from that golden era speak almost exclusively of the TEAM and how each part at that time (management,design,engineering, drivers) peaked together. Current setup seems to be disparate pieces and too much 'management' at the expense of the other inputs.
     

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