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There will be disappointment at Ferrari this morning on two levels; first that they were unable to take any more advantage of Sebastian Vettel’s grid penalty in Abu Dhabi than a mere three points. And second that the raft of updates on the car at this race didn’t produce the jump in performance they were looking for.
• Kubica to contest Rally di Como and Rallye du Var• Former Sauber driver still keen to return to F1Poland’s Robert Kubica, whose Formula One career was put on hold after a near-fatal rally accident, will drive a Citroën rally car in two events in France and Italy during November.Citroën said the former BMW-Sauber and Renault F1 driver would drive a C4 WRC car, similar to one that took Sebastien Loeb to many of his nine world titles, in the Rally di Como from 15-17 November and the Rallye du Var in France the following weekend.Kubica, 27, has not driven a Formula One car since a rally accident in February 2011 left him with severe arm and leg injuries. However he won two minor rallies in Italy in September and has competed in the Rally du Var twice previously.”I can’t wait to drive a car that is quick and has been as successful as the C4 WRC,” the Pole said. “Rallying is one of my favourite forms of motor sport.”Kubica, a good friend of Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso, said in September he is still hoping to return to Formula One and will not give up, even if he might never be at the same physical level as before.Robert KubicaFormula OneSauberMotor sportguardian.co.uk 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies.
Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali says his outfit cannot afford to rely on Sebastian Vettel hitting trouble if it is going to win the world championship this year.
Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali is preparing for a busy week at Maranello as his team analyses how to extract more performance from the car’s latest upgrades over the next two races
Fernando Alonso has downplayed his chances of winning either of the season’s last two grands prix given the pace of his Ferrari and suggested the team must rely on their own “strong points” to beat Sebastian Vettel to the title.
“Sicuramente lo svolgimento della gara e gli episodi che l’hanno caratterizzata non ci sono stati favorevoli nell’ottica del campionato ma queste sono circostanze su cui noi non avevamo alcun controllo” “Definitely, the way the race played out and the incidents that occured, did not do us any favours in light of the championship, but these are circumstances over which we have no control” Follow us on Facebook and Twitter Ferrari Since 1947
This year’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina was the most exciting in its short history and arguably one of the most thrilling of the season. Kimi Raikkonen won his first grand prix since returning to the sport this year, Fernando Alonso fought bravely to secure second in an underperforming Ferrari and Sebastian Vettel managed a podium having started from the pit lane.
It might not have been the watershed in the championship battle that Fernando Alonso and Ferrari had been hoping for, but the team’s success in Abu Dhabi keeps the title fight alive.
Ferrari’s Felipe Massa was indignant over the lack of a penalty for Mark Webber, over the mid-race incident on lap 27 that sent Massa into a spin which wrecked his race strategy.
Abu Dhabi, 4 novembre – Due grandi piloti, due bi-campioni del mondo, entrambi pronti a combattere con le unghie e con i denti per conquistare, quest’anno,
Pat Fry: “E’ stato un fine settimana difficile e intenso ed esserne usciti con una situazione di classifica migliore in tutti e due i Campionati rispetto a quella della vigilia rappresenta
Felipe Massa: “E’ stata una gara difficile per me. In particolare, ho sofferto con le Soft a causa di un degrado maggiore delle aspettative. Venerdì il long run era sembrato molto migliore
Scuderia Ferrari has a further twenty four points to its name after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, thanks to a second place for Fernando Alonso and a seventh for Felipe Massa. This is Fernando’s eleventh podium finish of the season, the twelfth for the team.
It was somehow appropriate that the first win of Kimi Raikkonen’s comeback season with Lotus came on the third anniversary of his final race for Ferrari in 2009. Raikkonen jumped ahead of Pastor Maldonado and Mark Webber at the start, … Continue reading →
Stefano Domenicali: “Ancora una bellissima gara di Fernando, l’ennesima di questa sua straordinaria stagione. Il secondo posto di oggi è arrivato soprattutto grazie alla sua capacità di spremere il massimo
Abu Dhabi, 4 November – Two great drivers, two double world champions, both fighting tooth and nail to secure a third title this year: Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel both produced
Sono ventiquattro i punti all’attivo della Scuderia Ferrari nel Gran Premio di Abu Dhabi, frutto del secondo posto di Fernando Alonso
Pat Fry: “It’s been a difficult and intense weekend and coming out of it having improved our situation in both championships compared to the start of it is undoubtedly positive
Felipe Massa: “It was a difficult race for me. In particular, I suffered on the Softs because of more degradation than we had expected. On Friday, the long run seemed much better