Monza and the Ferrari Seat!

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Ferrari is one of the greatest brands which exist today and though some may differ, Ferrari is F1 and F1 needs Ferrari more than Ferrari needs the sport.  

Ferrari has always been a dream drive for any driver in the sport and even when they were going through a very rough phase in the late 80’s and early 90’s, respected French driver Jean Alesi chose the team over Williams and missed his chance to become a World Champion.

Ferrari is the Holy Grail for any driver.

Some very famous names like Juan Manuel Fangio, Phil Hill, John Surtees, Mario Andretti, Niki Lauda, Gilles Villeneuve, Carlos Reutemann, Jody Scheckter, René Arnoux, Nigel Mansell, Gerhard Berger, Alain Prost, Jean Alesi, Rubens Barrichello, Kimi Räikkönen, Felipe Massa, and of course the most famous and the greatest driver in F1 history Michael Schumacher...all drove and many even won Championships for the team.

There are times when the car is really bad and however great the driver is, it will still be off pace, but what Luca Badoer has done is a cardinal sin for the Tifosi. When you have one driver winning and the other coming in last, it's a disgrace.

The Tifosi has always seen two really quick drivers on the cart and the last few years have seen both its drivers racing each other for the title. Luca driving for Ferrari is a complete mess and if the team does not replace him with someone else, you can be assured that there would be a riot in Monza. The team would then be better off going with only one car.

On the bright side, they can save some money rather than have a guy coming in last, being way off the pace. Yes, Luca will be faster than anyone of us, but he is in F1 which is the pinnacle of motorsport. When driving for a champion team, you have to drive like a champion, which he is not anywhere close to being.

I would rather see a 18-year-old do this rather than a 38-year-old test driver who has put in more miles on a Ferrari F1 car than any other driver in history!

Ferrari has too many options and though some may just be speculation, others are realistic enough and surely a majority of the options can't do any worse than Luca.

So for Monza, the team should change their driver and should either look into the future or give someone a drive for a nostalgic feel...or just shock everyone and just do it for a publicity stunt, which I feel the team should avoid.

So let’s look at some of the options that the team has for Monza:  

Michael Schumacher is once again on top of everyone’s list and though both Ferrari and the Tifosi would love this to happen, Schumacher’s neck has not recovered fully and I don’t think he wants to get in when he is not fully fit. But Schumacher when half fit and 40, is still better than 15 out of the 20 drivers on track.

Valentino Rossi the legendary Moto GP Champion has achieved everything he can in the sport and though he is well set to win the title once again this year, he has said in the past that driving for Ferrari is also a dream of his and being an Italian would make it easier for him too, but then this is a very long shot and it may just not happen.

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