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[Frosty]

Stefano Domenicali has admitted he would consider his position as Ferrari Team Principal if he thought it would pull the Italian team out of its crisis.

Despite a technical step forward in Barcelona, only Williams, Toro Rosso and Force India sit lower than the reigning constructors' champions in the 2009 standings, following more strategic and reliability issues at the weekend.

F1 Chief Executive Bernie Ecclestone mused in Barcelona that the team's new top management is the problem.

"I think with (Jean) Todt gone, we've gone a little bit back to the way it was before Todt went there," said the Briton, always keen to jump on any particular bandwagon.
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And when asked about Felipe Massa running out of fuel at the end of the Spanish Grand Prix, Renault team boss Flavio Briatore told Spain's AS newspaper while laughing: "Fortunately I am not the head of Ferrari!"

Massa’s woes allowed the struggling Alonso to inherit fifth position in the leading Renault.

Quoted by the German broadcaster RTL, Domenicali commented: "I do not think I'm the problem. But if necessary, I would make room."

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Source: GMM

[darwin dali]

Yeah well, Ross Brawn can't come back and JT is off to further his own agenda (FIA role?).

So, who could replace Domenicali?

MS? He doesn't want to.
AP? Maybe, but he's more likely to try and step into an FIA role.
Gerhard Berger: probably the best available choice.
NL? Nah, maybe, nah, nah, nah!

[Frosty]

Yeah it's similar to why McLaren needed to keep Martin there are just no other suitable replacements

[Jabberwocky]

Do you think the Ferrari problems are the same as the Mclaren ones. Where the teams where based around the Generals and now that there has been a change of the guard, the Lieutenants are not as strong as the Generals thought

[scotty]

Do you think the Ferrari problems are the same as the Mclaren ones. Where the teams where based around the Generals and now that there has been a change of the guard, the Lieutenants are not as strong as the Generals thought

Hmm i think i'd tend to agree with you... although i'd put it this way, for example in McLaren's case - you have Ron Dennis running the team under a certain culture for years, decades in fact. Now he's gone, the culture will inevitably change, and whether this new way is a winning way remains to be seen, but what is definitely true is the fact that a changeover period will have side effects. It can also take varying amounts of time for this period to blow over or come to fruition...

[7UpJordan]

AP? Maybe, but he's more likely to try and step into an FIA role.

I'm not sure if Ferrari will have forgiven Prost yet for commenting the Ferrari 643 "handled like a truck".

[darwin dali]

AP? Maybe, but he's more likely to try and step into an FIA role.

I'm not sure if Ferrari will have forgiven Prost yet for commenting the Ferrari 643 "handled like a truck".

Lots of water running under the bridge since then...

[scotty]

Gerhard Berger: probably the best available choice.

It'd be great to have Berger back in F1 - top bloke. Can't see it happening at the moment though.

What happened to those rumors about Mike Gascoyne? (he wouldn't solve their problems i think, just wondering).

[darwin dali]

Gerhard Berger: probably the best available choice.

It'd be great to have Berger back in F1 - top bloke. Can't see it happening at the moment though.

What happened to those rumors about Mike Gascoyne? (he wouldn't solve their problems i think, just wondering).

From all I've heard about MG, he's a very difficult man to work with/under - I wouldn't touch him with a ten-foot pole if I was looking for a team principal.

[Jabberwocky]

Mike and Ferrari could be good. I think Gazza is of the same sort of mould as Ross Brawn

[scotty]

Gerhard Berger: probably the best available choice.

It'd be great to have Berger back in F1 - top bloke. Can't see it happening at the moment though.

What happened to those rumors about Mike Gascoyne? (he wouldn't solve their problems i think, just wondering).

From all I've heard about MG, he's a very difficult man to work with/under - I wouldn't touch him with a ten-foot pole if I was looking for a team principal.

Hmm, yeah, i sort of heard similar, in that he only works well with people who share his way of doing things... which makes sense in some ways, however you'd expect some flexibility at times. Regardless, i want him on the BBC to replace Eddie Jordan... hey, maybe he could go and run Ferrari!

[Denthúl]

Gerhard Berger: probably the best available choice.

It'd be great to have Berger back in F1 - top bloke. Can't see it happening at the moment though.

What happened to those rumors about Mike Gascoyne? (he wouldn't solve their problems i think, just wondering).

From all I've heard about MG, he's a very difficult man to work with/under - I wouldn't touch him with a ten-foot pole if I was looking for a team principal.

Hmm, yeah, i sort of heard similar, in that he only works well with people who share his way of doing things... which makes sense in some ways, however you'd expect some flexibility at times. Regardless, i want him on the BBC to replace Eddie Jordan... hey, maybe he could go and run Ferrari!

I don't think Kimi would enjoy that too much

[scotty]

Gerhard Berger: probably the best available choice.

It'd be great to have Berger back in F1 - top bloke. Can't see it happening at the moment though.

What happened to those rumors about Mike Gascoyne? (he wouldn't solve their problems i think, just wondering).

From all I've heard about MG, he's a very difficult man to work with/under - I wouldn't touch him with a ten-foot pole if I was looking for a team principal.

Hmm, yeah, i sort of heard similar, in that he only works well with people who share his way of doing things... which makes sense in some ways, however you'd expect some flexibility at times. Regardless, i want him on the BBC to replace Eddie Jordan... hey, maybe he could go and run Ferrari!

I don't think Kimi would enjoy that too much

He wouldn't have to endure Jordan for too long either! DC's reaction to that comment was priceless.

[Denthúl]

Gerhard Berger: probably the best available choice.

It'd be great to have Berger back in F1 - top bloke. Can't see it happening at the moment though.

What happened to those rumors about Mike Gascoyne? (he wouldn't solve their problems i think, just wondering).

From all I've heard about MG, he's a very difficult man to work with/under - I wouldn't touch him with a ten-foot pole if I was looking for a team principal.

Hmm, yeah, i sort of heard similar, in that he only works well with people who share his way of doing things... which makes sense in some ways, however you'd expect some flexibility at times. Regardless, i want him on the BBC to replace Eddie Jordan... hey, maybe he could go and run Ferrari!

I don't think Kimi would enjoy that too much

He wouldn't have to endure Jordan for too long either! DC's reaction to that comment was priceless.

It was just another comment from EJ that made me remember the pre-race build-up at China and how heavenly it was in comparison.

[Ineluke]

Do you think the Ferrari problems are the same as the Mclaren ones. Where the teams where based around the Generals and now that there has been a change of the guard, the Lieutenants are not as strong as the Generals thought

Hmm i think i'd tend to agree with you... although i'd put it this way, for example in McLaren's case - you have Ron Dennis running the team under a certain culture for years, decades in fact. Now he's gone, the culture will inevitably change, and whether this new way is a winning way remains to be seen, but what is definitely true is the fact that a changeover period will have side effects. It can also take varying amounts of time for this period to blow over or come to fruition...

I would agree totally with you on this,things take time to Seattle down when a big change happens.I said on here a couple of weeks ago that McLaren and Ferrari would be fighting for the title again once they sort themselves out but now i have to admit that it seems very unlikely. I guess the face of F1 really is changing and some teams ,especially the top teams need time to adjust.McLaren have had a lot of s*** happen this year and Ferrari are coming to terms with the fact that they are not the F1 pets any more.

I think 2010 is really going to be the biggest change since F1 started but hopefully McLaren and Ferrari will have sorted themselves out by then.