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Former Ferrari engine chief joins FIA 28 Dec 2009

Former Ferrari engine chief joins FIA

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Interesting, when was Simon fired from Ferrari? I have completely missed that one.
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http://www.motorsport.co.uk/formula-1/m ... 0037.shtml

Apparently it coincided with the Toyota decision to quit F1. I can't help myself but think that Marmorini called his old pal Luca and asked for a job. The old boys network duly delivered and Simon made a hasty decision to seek employment elsewhere.
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If that's the case, I guess the "old boys network" found it's way into the FIA as well? :)
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Remember, Todt brought Simon from Peugot (SP?). He moved up the ladder above Marmorini, who then moved to Toyota. Todt moves to FIA, and brings Simon with him.

As an outsider, this is only conjecture, but I always got the impression that between Marmorini and Simon, Simon was technically superior.
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I guess it will be impossible to unravel the exact relationship there. The upshot is probably that Simon is a 100% Todt man and is not much likely to have too much love lost to Ferrari.
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xpensive wrote:
ESPImperium wrote: But seriously, he is there to get engines, more or less equal, and cost even less.
And if by chance, the Ferrari engine ends up as the most equal of all, it doesn't hurt, does it? :lol:
True. But i sence that Todt and Simon will posibly want to "alienate" Ferarri a little more. I just cant put my finger on it at the moment, but i think Ferarri in F1 post 2012 is something were gonna have to look forward to. As im thinking Ferarri are looking at ALMS... BUT, that could do their brand massive damage as F1 is their primary form of marketing.

F1 without Ferarri, i think it could work, and would posibly be better without them. Simply because the teams would have more of the pot without them and they would have gereater freedoms in other aeras that Ferarri have full or more of a power of attorney over.
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Todt is no dummy. I am sure that he is fully aware that people will ring in the fact that they both worked for Ferrari, and he knows he will they will have to perform more due diligence than say Mosley did, as Mosley was never directly conneted with a modern era formula 1 team.

Keep in mind that in the film world we have the "6 degrees of seperation from Kevin Bacon", I would think with the small tight knit family of Motorsport, it would be hard for Todt to find someone who is more than 1 degree away.

Links would be easy to find to support conspiricies. If anything, I think Todt might enjoy doing everything to not let Luca in his corner or vice versa.

The drivers as stewards setup Todt has pushed is the beginning of a burden of proof that he IS trying to behave on the up and up. Todt would want to bury Mosley with his cheeks sticking out of the ground, just to do a better job, and give it a visible kick once in a while for his own reputation.
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insert Ferrari conspiracy here...

even though I cant really see one here... I'm sure its there somewhere... even if I dont believe half of ones I make up.

I just really hope we get a new Formula in 2012 that includes all kinds of unlimited HERS/KERS and turbos.
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(Allow me to help you out here) He's there in FIA to help Ferrari get away with cheating.
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Pandamasque wrote:(Allow me to help you out here) He's there in FIA to help Ferrari get away with cheating.
Yay! Now they can win again! :roll: :lol:
xpensive wrote:Interesting, when was Simon fired from Ferrari? I have completely missed that one.
:arrow: Luca Marmorini back at the Scuderia Ferrari
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Pandamasque wrote:(Allow me to help you out here) He's there in FIA to help Ferrari get away with cheating.
Thy dont need any more help, they get away with all their cheating now as it is.

God Damn Luca is an Ass, a huge one, someone should hit him in the face with a statue.
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I think it's still an open issue if Simon was actually fired from Ferrari, isn't it?
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xpensive wrote:I think it's still an open issue if Simon was actually fired from Ferrari, isn't it?
probably as open as the question if Flav was actually fired by Renault :wink:
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http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2010/01/t ... urnell-go/
Three months into his tenure and new FIA president Jean Todt has started moving some of the pieces in his staffing jigsaw, with former convener of the stewards and FIA liaison man Alan Donnelly and former technical consulant Tony Purnell moved aside from roles in F1.
Clever move by Todt once again.

Perhaps we can have the thread renamed "The Todt FIA administration".
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