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Sour Grapes from Maranello over KERS
« on: January 14, 2009, 09:47:43 PM »
Can this be the same team who may deploy son of KERS as a launch aid, hypocritical or what?

Ferrari boss Stefano Domenicali has named BMW as the obstacle to deferring KERS technology in Formula One.

The Maranello-based team has been perhaps the most vocal opponent of the energy-reuse technology, but most teams actually wanted to delay the voluntary deployment for another year.

The Formula One Teams' Association however requires total unanimity for measures to be adopted immediately.

"We specified that resolutions must be reached unanimously," Domenicali confirmed at the Madonna di Campiglio ski event in the Italian Dolomites.

"But sometimes you have to compromise as well," he is quoted as saying by the German news agency SID. "Everyone could accept that, except BMW."

"Only if we all work together will the future of F1 be rosy, rather than dark, as we are experiencing now," Domenicali charged.

He insists that the track-debut of Ferrari's KERS on Monday went well, "however it is the wrong moment to introduce such a complex system."

"It has nothing to do with Formula One. A lot of money has been thrown out of the window," Domenicali added.

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Offline Steven Roy

Re: Sour Grapes from Maranello over KERS
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2009, 11:40:49 PM »
Interesting logic.  Presumably that bulk of the money they will spend on KERS has already been spent so arguing against it now on cost grounds is ridiculous.

Offline AJM

Re: Sour Grapes from Maranello over KERS
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2009, 01:25:09 PM »
maybe if they weren't all skiing they would find a fix for it quicker!  :D

I'm thinking that maybe no teams will run it this year, even those like BMW who have theirs sorted will not want to risk they weight/set-up trade off to those teams who don't have it

Offline johnbull

Re: Sour Grapes from Maranello over KERS
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2009, 08:55:45 PM »
That statement from Domenicali sounds so typically Italian.

"Only if we all work together will the future of F1 be rosy, rather than dark,


And I love this statement. Where was he when Ferrari was doing everything it could to screw Ron and Macca?  So now he wants everyone to work together. Bloody hypocrits!

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Offline Alianora La Canta

Re: Sour Grapes from Maranello over KERS
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2009, 10:18:44 PM »
Presumably that bulk of the money they will spend on KERS has already been spent so arguing against it now on cost grounds is ridiculous. {Steven Roy - 3 comments ago}

Ah, but Ferrari is one of the bigger-budget teams. It's in their interest to get everyone else to spend as much as possible...
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