Heikki Kulta was in Maranello at christmas lunch and he said Arrivabene was already very pleased in Kimi and Vettel. He said its nice to watch them working side by side pushing the team forward, together.
For me is still feels weird to see Vettel in red, as a matter of fact, it even feels weird to see Kimi in red.
I really hope all this new staff, simulators, wind tunnels and the chance to develop the engine give them a chance to push from the European part of the season.
It will also be helpful if the Pirellis get a little softer than in 2014. Anyone has info about the new Pirellis?
And what happened to the plans of getting the F1 "sound" back? Does anyone know what they're going to do about the matter?
quotePirelli adopt 'aggressive' strategy for 2015 "A conservative choice last season might become quite an aggressive one in 2015," Paul Hembery tells Sky Sports Online
Pirelli’s Paul Hembery says a predicted increase in race pace in 2015 means F1’s tyre supplier will adopt an aggressive approach in the upcoming season.
The centre of attention for much of 2013 after numerous high-profile tyre failures, the Italian manufacturer enjoyed something of a back seat last year as the teams got to grips with the sport's radical new rules.
However, with a year of development offering the opportunity to develop their engines, Hembery thinks the teams will soon be pushing the tyres to the limit once more.
“Last year people said we were a little bit too conservative and maybe a little bit boring, but I think it is more a case of we went into a year with new technology and there is a little bit of that this year,” he told Sky Sports Online.
“We’ve seen some initial data that suggests the cars are going to make another good step in performance compared to last season and what might have been a conservative choice last season might become quite an aggressive one in 2015.
“So like many we are interested to see what happens with the unfreeze for a little while of the engine regulations, what that is going to mean for the majority of teams – particularly on race pace, that is the one aspect where we expect to see a big improvement in performance. And that might make a conservative choice suddenly a bit more aggressive.”
While the compounds will remain largely the same this year, the supersoft tyre will be amended to improve its operating window. That could open a host of different strategies to the teams and increase unpredictability.
“Just one change really, the supersoft is having a little bit of a tweak to it to improve its working range with the temperature ranges,” Hembery added.
“The structure of the rear tyre is having a difference made to it to distribute the temperature build-up a bit better – all technical stuff which is probably a bit boring for most people, but from our tyre world it is very important.
“It influences the way that the performance maintains over a race distance and can alter very substantially the differences we get on the tyre. So small changes this year, evolution rather than revolution.”
about the sound.. they are still discussing it but changes probably will come for 2017
According to Argentine newspaper Clarin, Fernando Alonso had requested former Bridgestone engineer Hirohide Hamashima to destablize his teammates tyre performance, making sure a repeat of Hockenheim 2010 did not happen.
Alonso took the fight off-track against his teammates with reportedly mixtures of helium and nitrogen used in their tyres.
Gradually layoffs are carried out in the Scuderia. Hamashima, responsible for tyre performance analysis since 2012, was also removed from his post by Ferrari last December after the secret came to light to new team president Sergio Marchionne.
Wow...funny. Last night I saw a dream about many things..but also about Ferrari. There in Maranello were afight going on, new car was about to make a debut and old bosses were mixing things. Then someone came , cleaned the whole place , threathened with guns like in an old mafia way, and old bosses escaped swearing they will revenge..but on of them was "killed" by his owns..as it emerged he was double agent..he had betrayed both.
quoteApologies for the recent post on KRS, I was not fully aware of the origins and did not intend to validate gossip as loyal readers would know. I was told about it and trusted that person, but he later told me he found it on a forum with no credible source and so I've removed the post.
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could this be true? 
