- 23 Jul 08, 12:37#57101
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From F1 Live:
Moving towards warmer relations with other teams
22/07/08 19:39
New boss, new approach
Ferrari sees an upcoming meeting with its fellow F1 teams not only as an opportunity to discuss the future, but also symbolic of its desire to move on from the tensions of the past.
Inside the Williams motor home at Hockenheim, heads of the ten Grand Prix teams agreed to meet next Tuesday at Ferrari's Maranello headquarters to discuss in detail Max Mosley's desire for new rules in 2011.
Some practised sages of the paddock predicted that the choice of location for the teams' group meeting is significant, given Ferrari's history in matters regarding Formula One as a whole.
Stefano Domenicali now heads the defending champions' F1 effort, following a long period with Jean Todt at the helm, who was often accused of thinking insularly about the Italian marque.
Amid the manufacturer's initial 'breakaway' saga three years ago, Ferrari broke ranks and sided with the FIA.
The team was also at the centre of controversy last year amid the spying scandal -- but at Hockenheim, Ferrari figures including Domenicali accepted McLaren-Mercedes' invitation to attend a party.
Domenicali said of the upcoming F1 summit at Maranello: "Ferrari, and above all our President, is very keen to participate."
"Ferrari is part of F1 and Mr. (Luca) Montezemolo is really keen on that," he added.
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Source: GMM
I think it's a welcome move from Ferrari. Montezemolo and Todt are sleaze balls, to be honest, but Domenicali seems a nice guy and thinks about Formula One as a whole. There's not only bad blood between McLaren and Ferrari, but between a lot of the other teams and Ferrari as well. This has held the sport back in a number of areas, so it's great to see efforts being made by them to discuss the big issues in Formula One at the minute and that the others are trying to bury the hatchet.
Moving towards warmer relations with other teams
22/07/08 19:39
New boss, new approach
Ferrari sees an upcoming meeting with its fellow F1 teams not only as an opportunity to discuss the future, but also symbolic of its desire to move on from the tensions of the past.
Inside the Williams motor home at Hockenheim, heads of the ten Grand Prix teams agreed to meet next Tuesday at Ferrari's Maranello headquarters to discuss in detail Max Mosley's desire for new rules in 2011.
Some practised sages of the paddock predicted that the choice of location for the teams' group meeting is significant, given Ferrari's history in matters regarding Formula One as a whole.
Stefano Domenicali now heads the defending champions' F1 effort, following a long period with Jean Todt at the helm, who was often accused of thinking insularly about the Italian marque.
Amid the manufacturer's initial 'breakaway' saga three years ago, Ferrari broke ranks and sided with the FIA.
The team was also at the centre of controversy last year amid the spying scandal -- but at Hockenheim, Ferrari figures including Domenicali accepted McLaren-Mercedes' invitation to attend a party.
Domenicali said of the upcoming F1 summit at Maranello: "Ferrari, and above all our President, is very keen to participate."
"Ferrari is part of F1 and Mr. (Luca) Montezemolo is really keen on that," he added.
© CAPSIS International
Source: GMM
I think it's a welcome move from Ferrari. Montezemolo and Todt are sleaze balls, to be honest, but Domenicali seems a nice guy and thinks about Formula One as a whole. There's not only bad blood between McLaren and Ferrari, but between a lot of the other teams and Ferrari as well. This has held the sport back in a number of areas, so it's great to see efforts being made by them to discuss the big issues in Formula One at the minute and that the others are trying to bury the hatchet.
Ayrton Senna: WDC 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991
McLaren: WCC 1974, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1998, 1999, 2007
McLaren: WDC 1974, 1976, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1998, 1999, 2008
By the way what bad relations does/did Ferrari have with any other team other than McLaren? I can think of Williams perhaps (1997 when Schumi cut of Villeneouve). Maybe Renault as well in more recent times. But I think this is normal as when these events happened, those teams were Ferrari's rival and these kind of things tend to happen inbetween rivals. With McLaren and Ferrari it has been more tense as the have been rivals since the late 80s up until now. Oh and one more thing, Domenicali as you say seems a nice guy, why cant Ron Dennis now just go. If McLaren can as well get a nice guy like Domenicali, I might not dislike them all that much. 
