Adrian Newey to Ferrari? Is it possible?
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TheDeuce said:
thegreenhell said:
TheDeuce said:
His wife has been shopping for a house near Marenello so I expect his base will be fairly convenient for the factory 
How do you know this?She was in the area - possibly it's just a massive coincidence of course
TheDeuce said:
From my experience it's about holding onto an overall design direction and also keeping tabs on what the teams are developing and what is worth committing too and what needs to be sacked off.
There has to be one person with a solid vision that can direct the efforts of everyone else.
From my experience of being directed by Gordon Murray, Pat Symonds, Mike Gasgoine, Malcolm Oastler, Geoff Willis, Shuhei Nakamoto, Aldo Costa, Rory Byrne, Pat Fry, James Allison, Matt Harman it is an infinitely difficult task to get rightThere has to be one person with a solid vision that can direct the efforts of everyone else.
Many sacked, fell on their sword or just got lost
Only 4 names I'd feel confident they'd understand/know the best direction to point everyone in
thegreenhell said:
TheDeuce said:
thegreenhell said:
TheDeuce said:
His wife has been shopping for a house near Marenello so I expect his base will be fairly convenient for the factory
How do you know this?She was in the area - possibly it's just a massive coincidence of course
TheDeuce said:
Along with the fact that Newey was definitely there - as per my post above, there's no absolute evidence ever. Make your own judgement based on what is known.
Newey was definitely in Italy a few weeks ago, testing one of his cars at Mugello, where he was spotted in his Red Bull racing overalls.I don't know what this means for the Ferrari story. 2+2= whatever you want it to be.
thegreenhell said:
TheDeuce said:
Along with the fact that Newey was definitely there - as per my post above, there's no absolute evidence ever. Make your own judgement based on what is known.
Newey was definitely in Italy a few weeks ago, testing one of his cars at Mugello, where he was spotted in his Red Bull racing overalls.I don't know what this means for the Ferrari story. 2+2= whatever you want it to be.
TheDeuce said:
epom said:
TheDeuce said:
thegreenhell said:
TheDeuce said:
His wife has been shopping for a house near Marenello so I expect his base will be fairly convenient for the factory
How do you know this?She was in the area - possibly it's just a massive coincidence of course
Of course there's no hard evidence, you'll never get that. But it's ok to make the odd assumption. I think he's done the deal and will soon be announced at Ferrari.
What do you think, if you were asked to speculate, as I am doing?
TheDeuce said:
thegreenhell said:
TheDeuce said:
Along with the fact that Newey was definitely there - as per my post above, there's no absolute evidence ever. Make your own judgement based on what is known.
Newey was definitely in Italy a few weeks ago, testing one of his cars at Mugello, where he was spotted in his Red Bull racing overalls.I don't know what this means for the Ferrari story. 2+2= whatever you want it to be.
marine boy said:
From my experience of being directed by Gordon Murray, Pat Symonds, Mike Gasgoine, Malcolm Oastler, Geoff Willis, Shuhei Nakamoto, Aldo Costa, Rory Byrne, Pat Fry, James Allison, Matt Harman it is an infinitely difficult task to get right
Many sacked, fell on their sword or just got lost
Only 4 names I'd feel confident they'd understand/know the best direction to point everyone in
Many sacked, fell on their sword or just got lost
Only 4 names I'd feel confident they'd understand/know the best direction to point everyone in
TheDeuce said:
I don't think he needs to take people over from one team to another to be effective at his role, but I do tend to agree that history tells us that the British influence at Ferrari is either wasted or needs to be totally accepted 100%, as it was during the MS years of dominance - also Ferrari's last period of success.
They obviously want to win but that will require the natives working with the British immigrants
Lots of that happened already. John Lockwood head of composites for instanceThey obviously want to win but that will require the natives working with the British immigrants
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