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[CookinFlat6]

Aww poor Ferrari, so misunderstood, apparently Montezemolo only hinted about leaving for LMP1, they never said they were leaving F1!!!!!

2004 nostalgia edition

2008 edition

2008 bonus edition

2009 edition

2009 We just came back to tell you we are really leaving and are not bluffing edition

2010 edition

2011 early edition

2011 late edition

2012 edition

Even Massa's at it special comedy edition

2014 'we hate F1 and its efficiency and hybrids so we are going to LMP with its efficiency and hybrids' edition

[What's Burning?]

They restrict fuel flow in LMP1, they use small displacement turbo ERS hybrid PUs, they sound horrible when compared to V10s, and here's the capper... They can't spin the tires exiting the pits.

That's pretty much what they've got today, why leave?

[CookinFlat6]

Because if they move to lmp1 they will have an excuse for losing for 10 years. In F1 they can't make the excuses last much longer than another 5 years. Almost like a free pass.

Or maybe because F1 is not about engines but about aero

(CNN) -- Ferrari chairman Luca Di Montezemolo has speculated that his famous marque could withdraw from Formula One and compete in other categories of motorsport.
Di Montezemolo is unhappy with technological changes in F1 which have shifted the emphasis away from traditional car and engine research and design to areas such as aerodynamics.

[racechick]

Difficult to make a choice in the poll because the choices aren't mutually exclusive. A bit of each choice is right.
1) they probably would get beaten by the teams that have been there longer
2) up to them if they want to go, but the hollow words are getting tiresome
3) it's becoming a little laughable
4) probably most truth in this one. Ferrari think they are 'owed' because of their heritage and loyal supporters. So Luca plays the 'leaving' card to try to get favourable decisions for Ferrari.

[LRW]

But surely this threat would only matter if they were up front fighting.

If they left now no one would currently notice, they are so far back.

Maybe they should win a WCC then the threats might hold some weight.?

[LewEngBridewell]

I went for the last option

[Jabberwocky]

How long did Ferrari go without a win. Was it the late 70's until the 90's. So they will go for more than another 5 years.

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[Hammer278]

But surely this threat would only matter if they were up front fighting.

If they left now no one would currently notice, they are so far back.

Maybe they should win a WCC then the threats might hold some weight.?

Lol same thoughts here....nobody cares anyway, it's not like we'd miss a couple of red dots somewhere in midfield at every race. Good riddance to bad (constantly whining, overpowering, overhyped) rubbish.

[What's Burning?]

How long did Ferrari go without a win. Was it the late 70's until the 90's. So they will go for more than another 5 years.

Racing wasn't that expensive back then.

[CookinFlat6]

But surely this threat would only matter if they were up front fighting.

If they left now no one would currently notice, they are so far back.

Maybe they should win a WCC then the threats might hold some weight.?

Well definitely things have changed massively with Mercedes back at the front. The big ferrari stick - that of their history and involvement in F1 since the 50s - i.e F1 would suffer without such an illustrious heritage and hence credibility provided by Ferarris presence - is no longer that relevant since the drinks company have come along and beaten them every year despite being in business for less than a decade

Now Merc are the original racing grandees. They have a racing pedigree and heritage that trounces garagista (when compared to Merc) companies like ferrari.
Merc invented the motor car as we know it
Merc were racing and winning grand prix races 50 years before Enzo ferrari started using Alfa Romeo engines in his own car.
The silver arrows have participated and contributed through the whole of motorsport as opposed to Ferrari who have a massively narrow focus and experience in comparison

Merc have already redefined F1 intra team competition and have done more for F1s popularity in the last 6 races than Ferrari did throughout the MS domination - arguably

With Merc around F1 do not need Ferrari anymore, Ferrari do need F1 if they are to stay in the road car business

[What's Burning?]

This isn't going to help squelching the critics.

Ferrari's Luca di Montezemolo calls for meeting over F1's directionFerrari president Luca di Montezemolo has asked Bernie Ecclestone to call Formula 1's key figures together to discuss its future, amid concerns the sport has lost its way.

AUTOSPORT can reveal that di Montezemolo has written to Ecclestone and Donald McKenzie, of F1's owner CVC, to express his 'worries' that grand prix racing is neglecting fans and sponsors and needs to react to the decline in interest.

With recent discussions between teams and F1's stakeholders having been dominated by cost issues, di Montezemolo thinks that other aspects of F1 have been ignored.

He writes that he is especially fearful that F1 is failing to embrace the new generation of younger fans, and is not maintaining the interest of sponsors.

But rather than just criticise the areas where he thinks F1 has gone wrong, di Montezemolo wants a meeting to agree a path of recovery.

In the letter, di Montezemolo suggests Ecclestone brings together F1's main stakeholders - including teams, media, television companies, and race promoters - for an open workshop to establish what is wrong and how it should be fixed.

He also believes that companies that are not directly involved in F1 - such as social media platforms and companies like Google and Apple - should be invited too.

Di Montezemolo has offered to make available Ferrari's Maranello factory for the meeting, and suggests it happens in the week before the Italian Grand Prix in September.

Ferrari spokesman Renato Bisignani told AUTOSPORT that the Italian outfit was eager to work together with all interested parties to try to improve F1's long term future.

"It is natural for Ferrari to exercise a proactive approach and discussions are ongoing at the appropriate levels," he said.

"There is a need to act collectively with the sport's key stakeholders and to reflect on the bigger picture, with constructive critics in the interests of the sport, with an eye towards technology and another one towards the show.

"Formula 1 has been built over the years into a unique marketing and sporting platform and it must now consolidate its ability to attract global sponsors, engage with fans and make racing more exciting."

che culliones on this guy...

I don't like that my team is losing so there's obviously something wrong with the entire sport and Apple and Google can help, and I'd move to another sport that has the same efficiency focus because this sport with its efficiency focus has lost its way. Oh and Bernie can help.

Doesn't get more self serving than this, I'm thinking Enzo is rolling in his grave.

[LRW]

Apple and Google? Wtf is he on?

[Hammer278]

He also believes that companies that are not directly involved in F1 - such as social media platforms and companies like Google and Apple - should be invited too.

Di Montezemolo has offered to make available Ferrari's Maranello factory for the meeting, and suggests it happens in the week before the Italian Grand Prix in September.

"Hey guys, Ima call ma Big Daddy for a party in ma pad 1 week before ma big Birthday Bash, so we can all discuss how to be cool together and why I suck donkey ballz. And if yall agree I'm gonna invite those cool kids down yonder in the next neighbourhood, G-Dawg and the A-Team. Let's make it happen yall, cuz I just found out ma Facebook Friends list is now below 200 peeps cuz I just suck real bad right now"

[Jabberwocky]

What would Apple, Google, or Facebook get out of linking up with the sport?

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[CookinFlat6]

What would Apple, Google, or Facebook get out of linking up with the sport?

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Ferrari are hoping that they can involve them at some level in some global deal based on Ferrari thinking they are as big a brand. That way they can be fixed to win in F1 again and be helped like before as they would be so relevant and important again