Big shake up in the Ferrari camp I heard. Execs cleaning house after a winless season! McLaren kicking their ayuss and that does not go over well in Italy! They haven't been competitive since Schumacher days. Just doesn't seem right not seeing Ferrari in the winners circle.
Yes, they cleaned house starting near the middle of last season. By the end of the season even the president, Luca was gone. They take F1 EXTREMELY seriously, they do in Maranelo.
In all fairness, Mercedes AMG DESTROYED every team last year, the only other teams in the race were all powered by Mercedes, except for Redbull racing - they finished 2nd in the points, but it wasn't their 4 time world champ Sebastian Vettel that did all the heavy lifting for RBR - it was the rookie Daniel Ricciardo. Remember, last year F1 made a huge switch from normally aspirated
v8 power to turbo hybrid V6 power units with stringent fuel consumption limits, software integration and a host of new aero restrictions that only AMG Mercedes seemed to figure out in the limited testing and development periods leading up to the first race. Then power unit development is locked for the season.
No, 5th place is not acceptable to Ferrari or their millions of fans around the world (but we did beat McLaren Mercedes). Heads have rolled and Arguably the best driver in the world (Alonzo) left / was not retained (no one really knows).
But, we have replaced him with Sebastian Vettel and at this point are matching the pace of Mercedes AMG. Yes, 2015 looks very bright for Scuderria Ferrari. Very. And the first race is in like 2 weeks
