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Mysterious Culling At Ferrari
Opinion Adjuster
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One man who had a major influence on the proceedings was Massimo Rivola, who was subsequently hired by Ferrari for the job of sporting director. The Italian, believed to be one of the closer friends from Vettel’s Toro Rosso days, has now been shown the door, along with a Logistics Manager and a Chef.
The circumstances are somewhat mysterious. Ferrari has so far said he’s “absent for personal reasons”, while McLaren were quick to deny that Rivola would be on his way to their team.
There is one interesting thought though: A Logistics Manager (who procures and moves a lot of stuff), a Chef (who needs a lot of stuff that needs to be procured and moved), and someone from a fairly high level in the food-chain… That sounds suspiciously like some grocery shopping trips, and the currency spent on them, did perhaps not square up exactly with the amount of nuggets withdrawn from the treasure chamber?
The VJM7.5 is coming, really…
FI Press Officer
Force India had charged ahead 2 months into the match by not only postponing the VJM08’s debut until the Austrian Grand Prix, but also revealing that it won’t in fact be the VJM08 at all. Instead a clapped-out version of the current Frankenstein car VJM7.2 was announced.
Mercedes have since then tried to reduce the gap by substituting the young, but ultimate too inexperienced chatterbox Toto Wolff for veteran bullshitter Niki Lauda, who used all his experience to lob a few meaningless denials and a very exquisite ‘really soon now’ curve-ball at the opposition.
It was Force India’s Mexican prodigy Sergio “This time for real, I swear” Perez, who restored the comfortable lead of the Silverstone squad with a thundering postponement from thirty yards out, announcing that the VJM07.5 will be delayed until Silverstone.
All eyes will now be on Mercedes. Can the giants from Brackley come back from that?
Random F1 Meme
Or the appearance of a major sponsor on McLaren….C’mon Hipps…..?
That meme is misleading – it is in fact an early sighting of the VMJ08 on its way to the Toyota wind tunnel…..
RE: Random F1 Meme
It’s seems you’re missing about 999 hp ;-P
It’s a Renault – turned down for reliability 😉
Or is that RBR’s new secret PU under development – currently clocking in at 1 bullpower?
LOL, you’re on fire today Hippo.
Was the line in the Force India article that says “veteran bullshitter Niki Lauda” also of your making? (That one had me literally roflol)
More like Renault’s upgraded power unit….
Surely you mean 999 cow-power!
horsepower… cowpower… bullpower… it’s all the same and not enough ;-P
Am I missing something, but what does Mercedes have to do with the delay of the new Force India car?
Yes, you’re missing the humour.
So was I til I read that!
German humour puzzles me….😜😜
German and humor used in the same sentence.
Some might call it an oxymoron.
The only way for Niki to go now is to hope that the contract negotiations carry on til Silverstone, then slam-dunk Force India with a “with Lewis being in the middle of a title fight, now’s not the time to distract him with discussions regarding his contract”.
Oh and who is the driver,Horner or Marko?
Great post FH! I laughed while reading the whole thing! The meme is priceless! If Renault and Red Bull would put as much work into their car as they do complaining about it; Daniel and Dany would have a fantastic car. I keep hoping that there will be a massive surprise when Red Bull turns up at one of the GPs and Daniel and Dany will have a podium placing cars.