The Horse Whisperer, Ferrari’s legendary blogger, who is wheeled into action only occasionally on Ferrari.com to pump out usually quite feisty messages, has awoken this weekend. The target of its wrath is Spanish journalist Raul Romojaro of the leading Spanish sports paper AS, who wrote a piece saying that the president of Santander, Emilio Botin, had had harsh words with Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali during the recent Spanish Grand Prix weekend about the team’s performance. The article was picked up by the Italian media and caught my eye in today’s Gazzetta dello Sport in Italy, which brought it pretty More…
The Spanish Grand Prix was a strange one for Ferrari, with Fernando Alonso rocketing into the lead at the start and then sliding backwards as the race went on, later to be lapped by the two leaders. He now lies 67 points behind Sebastian Vettel in the drivers’ championship. There were a number of problems on Sunday for the Scuderia, but the main one was the car’s inability to generate heat and grip in the new hard Pirelli tyre. Alonso showed his determination to get a result for his home fans and to celebrate his new five year contract with More…
The news today that Fernando Alonso has signed a new five year contract keeping him with Ferrari until the end of 2016 has been met with an interesting reaction in the Barcelona paddock. Alonso himself appeared in the press conference and said that the whole process of contract renewal had taken only two weeks from start to finish. His reason for committing the rest of his career to the Scuderia was very clear, “I think the intention is to keep enjoying racing, ” he said. “For sure, I think I’m in the best team possible to fight for World Championships. More…
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