Why do Ferrari need so many drivers under contract?

Jerez de la Frontera, 1st December 2009 – December has got underway with the first of three days of Formula 1 testing aimed at young drivers, at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit. Running alongside the other teams on the Andalusian circuit, Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro’s F60 was today entrusted into the hands of the young, but already experienced Frenchman, Jules Bianchi, who recently took the Drivers’ and Teams’ titles in the Formula 3 Euroseries, driving for ART Grand Prix. The twenty year old from Nice, who has been driving karts since the age of three in a family run team, is the latest in a long line of racing champions. He completed 91 laps, setting the fifth fastest time of the day in 1.19.626. There to help as he tackled this new adventure was Andrea Bertolini, the Ferrari test driver who is in Jerez specifically to offer invaluable advice and help the young drivers during this session. Bianchi was pleased with his debut at the wheel of the F60. “I am really proud to have made my Formula 1 debut at the wheel of a Ferrari, for the greatest team in the world. At the start, I was being careful not to make any mistakes, then once I felt confident, I pushed harder. The team spirit here is incredible and I hope I have made a positive impression on them and I want to do even better tomorrow.”
Bianchi is back on track tomorrow for his second and final day of this test session.

Maranello, 2nd December

Circuit: Jerez circuit – 4.428 km
Driver: Jules Bianchi
Car: Ferrari F60
Weather: air temperature 12/18 °C, track temperature 13/20 °C. Very cloudy.

Second day of testing for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit, which is hosting a test session aimed at young drivers.

Once again today, the French driver Jules Bianchi was at the wheel, continuing with the task of getting to understand a Formula 1 car. Jules ran in race configuration the entire day, completing a total of 113 laps, the quickest in a time of 1.20.586, adding up to a total of just over nine hundred kilometres over these two days.

Testing continues at this circuit tomorrow. Taking turns on the track will be the top three finishers of the Italian Formula 3 Championship – the Italians Daniel Zampieri and Marco Zipoli and the Mexican, Pablo Sanchez Lopez – as part of an initiative established in 2008, in collaboration with the ACI-CSAI.

Q. Why were you slower today than on Tuesday?

JB: We had lots of fuel today, looking towards next year, so we were not fast. But it was my job to do that because the team wanted to do it. We did a good job I think, because we did a lot of laps without any mistakes or problems. So we finished the day with 113 laps. That's really good.

No, those are 2009 tyres. Thinner front tyres will be available at tests in February.

I'm 99% sure, that they removed KERS from F60. Other changes than that... I don't know .

http://www.motorsport-total.com/bilder/200...z1259752819.jpg

Yeah, quite interesting.

Maranello, 3 December 2009

Circuit: Autodromo di Jerez - 4,428 km
Drivers: Daniel Zampieri, Marco Zipoli, Pablo Sanchez Lopez
Car: Ferrari F60
Weather: air temperature 14/17 °C, track temperature 13/29 °C. Cloudy with some rain.

Third and last day of testing for the Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit, where a private test session, dedicated to young drivers, was held.

On the occasion of the initiative, started in 2008 in collaboration with ACI-CSAI, today the three top drivers from the Italian Formula 3 Championship – the Italians Daniel Zampieri and Marco Zipoli and the Mexican Pablo Sanchez Lopez – sat behind the wheel of an F60 single-seater.

The three drivers drove a total of 122 laps: 39 Sanchez Lopez, 41 Zipoli and 42 Zampieri. The fastest amongst them was the Mexican with a lap time of 1.21.068, followed by Zampieri (1.21.279) and Zipoli (1.21.725).

http://ferrarif1forum.com/2009/12/03/ferra...pment-in-jerez/

Ferrari ran some sort of conical wheel nutz and a lot of fuel on board testing for next year. Red bull also ran a strange cable system to test front wing flex.

They say that weight saving next year is even more essential, i say why since all cars sould still have the same weight ? Shouldn't they have talked about engine efficiency ?

As he continues his fitness for next year, alternating trips to Maranello, where it has been able to maintain his first briefing with the technical work of Cavallino, see the chassis of the car in the wind tunnel, take a seat and learn the wheel from top to bottom. "I have to earn the trust of engineers, equipment, ensuring that we get very attached to the first race in Bahrain. This is my big objective of these months, "he said in that act.

Fernando understands that the Scuderia engineers how to address the development of the new Ferrari will differ in the first of which was at Renault, where if Fernando told A, it was A: "If the data that gives the engineer and the telemetry differ from what the pilot feels on the track, then we can talk and work with the engineer because it is fundamental instinct of the pilot, the feeling with the car, but you have to analyze why the data and find a solution .
The Spaniard is putting it all to come to Bahrain on March 14 as if it had a year already on the computer.

http://www.onestopstrategy.com/dailyf1news...0+-+report.html

According to Diario AS, Ferrari was testing some things during Felipe's test in F2007. And Marc Gene is happy with development of F2010: "The wind tunnel data is good and makes us optimistic, but we don't know where the others are so we will have to wait until we see it on the track."

okay what a bunch of bs. this is why autosport.com is the most reliable website on motorsport. a spanish newspaper diario AS that writes primarily on football manages to get inside source that everyone else misses out.

Just a question on refueling. Will we keep the same fuel hose or will we see something like Nascar tanks? Or are teams free to choose? Ferrari probably come up with some weird automatic system

Refuelling is no more.

How do the teams refuel during sessions like practise and qualifying then? Or in between the sessions?

29) REFUELLING
29.1 a) Refuelling is only permitted in the team’s designated garage area.
b) No car may be refuelled after it has left the pit lane for the first time whilst the pit exit is open for the race.
c) Fuel may not be added to nor removed from a car during a race.
29.2 No car may be refuelled, nor may fuel be removed from a car, at a rate greater than 0.8 litres/second.
29.3 The driver may remain in his car throughout refuelling but the engine must be stopped.
29.4 Each competitor must ensure that an assistant equipped with a suitable fire extinguisher of adequate capacity is beside the car throughout all refuelling operations.

29) REFUELLING
29.1 a) Refuelling is only permitted in the team’s designated garage area.
b) No car may be refuelled after it has left the pit lane for the first time whilst the pit exit is open for the race.
c) Fuel may not be added to nor removed from a car during a race.
29.2 No car may be refuelled, nor may fuel be removed from a car, at a rate greater than 0.8 litres/second.
29.3 The driver may remain in his car throughout refuelling but the engine must be stopped.
29.4 Each competitor must ensure that an assistant equipped with a suitable fire extinguisher of adequate capacity is beside the car throughout all refuelling operations.

What do you expect from spanish "experts"? I can't wait till testings starts

AFCA won't return that's for sure

Massa probó ayer el F2007 en Mugello y testó algunas posibles soluciones internas.

For 2010, we have a great driver pairing, the best for a team like ours.” There are no major changes to the team structure, as confirmed by Team Principal, Stefano Domenicali. “We have consolidated certain changes made during the course of the season, such as Chris Dyer in the role of Head of Race Engineering and alongside him are young and up and coming people such as Diego Ioverno. The responsibility for aerodynamics has been handed to Marco De Luca, while Andrea Stella will be Alonso’s race engineer, a role he filled with Raikkonen. Contrary to what has been written, there is no influx of engineers following the Spaniard, because we have a highly rated group of people here, who have shown they know how to win. The most important change concerns the Engine and Electronics department, which since October has been run by Luca Marmorini, a very experienced engineer, who knows Ferrari well, having cut his teeth here before moving on to tackle another challenge.”

Then came Felipe’s unexpected accident and, before taking a decision, we needed to know what his prospects were. Once we were certain he was fine, then in light of what was going on at Renault, we decided to try and bring Alonso on board a year ahead of schedule.

Forget about the car...

Charles Michael unveils Alonsomething secret weapon.

http://www.marca.com/2009/12/21/motor/form...1261403872.html

[ Won't Massa be allowed to use it ]

According to AFCA, Ferrari are doing some sort of air intake modifications in the hopes of improving fuel economy. I would have thought, that an area such as the intake will already have been optimized to the max. It's surprising that Ferrari are seeing consumption gains in that area.

Source: http://ferrarif1forum.com/2009/12/29/ferra...lopment-update/

They must really get on top of that fuel consumption "problem".
If they need to carry ~10 kg more fuel than others at the start of the race, they have to build a damn good car to make up that disadvantage.

, also why Gilles Simone took a new seat in the FIA.

Why will this help Ferrari fuel consumption.

Marmorini has more knowledge in that area after years with Toyota F1. Toyota leads the world in fuel efficiency, period.

BTW, have asked AFCA to come back and am waiting on his response.

Marmorini has more knowledge in that area after years with Toyota F1. Toyota leads the world in fuel efficiency, period.

BTW, have asked AFCA to come back and am waiting on his response.

People just couldn't stand taking information for what it is. Nothing more than, a forum member that happened to be right 99% of the time. Why people were asking for his sources is beyond me. Information is information. If somebody posts something, you can choose to believe it or disregard it.

According to AFCA, Ferrari are doing some sort of air intake modifications in the hopes of improving fuel economy. I would have thought, that an area such as the intake will already have been optimized to the max. It's surprising that Ferrari are seeing consumption gains in that area.

Source: http://ferrarif1forum.com/2009/12/29/ferra...lopment-update/

Information costs money. I think "sources" like AMuS or other publications might find it frustrating that someone is not giving due credit to their hard work.

okay what a bunch of bs. this is why autosport.com is the most reliable website on motorsport. a spanish newspaper diario AS that writes primarily on football manages to get inside source that everyone else misses out.

Many members have asked him to come back including me, but I doubt he will return. He was providing great info and was chased away by armchair naysayers. He sometimes provides info to FerrariF1forum.com but hasn't physically posted here in nearly a year.

I don't blame him either. When he would post detailed drawings and info he got ridiculed and had to constantly defend his position and justify his sources. WHY? I don't know.

I say "the earth is round" and don't have to provide a source but when somebody says "Ferrari will test on this date" somebody has to?

People just couldn't stand taking information for what it is. Nothing more than, a forum member that happened to be right 99% of the time. Why people were asking for his sources is beyond me. Information is information. If somebody posts something, you can choose to believe it or disregard it.

Ferrari is not willing to frighten off Alonso by realizing Massa’s dream (of becoming world champion). From 2010 onwards the Spaniard is to be the new linchpin within the Gestione Sportiva. Ferrari is in negotiations with some Renault guys that are held in high esteem by Alonso and which would like to leave Renault due to the uncertain position the French team is in. A Shumacheresque revival at Ferrari?

Ok guys, I have one question:

In one of the articles citing our well-missed AFCA, I found this paragraph that has been troubling me ever since:

What would be the consequences from this? Have Ferrari convinced Massa to bend over for Alonso (the same Alonso he blames for losing the title in 2008 as a consequence of Crashgate), or they will simply put Massa on the second page, and hope that Felipe's "love for the team" will help him understand that if the relationship is going to work, they have to give Fernando anything he wants? I cannot see Massa drving slower to make Alonso look good, neither accepting to be second fiddle; but if Ferrari's intentions are to reconstruct their team around Fernando, he (Felipe) will have to do either one of these so... which one will it be?