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Post by schumi on Mar 18, 2008 19:19:21 GMT
Ferrari's shareholders on Tuesday confirmed the board of directors for a three-year period, with Luca di Montezemolo staying on as president and Jean Todt stepping down from his role as CEO. The Frenchman will be replaced by Amadeo Felisa. Todt, who left his position as team principal of the Formula One team this year, had been appointed CEO in October 2006. The Frenchman will remain as part of the Ferrari board, after been given special appointments in GT activities and Sports Management. He will also continue to represent Ferrari at the FIA World Council. "My commitment to the President had been to manage the company until the end of his mandate as President of Confindustria and to indicate the new director of the Sports Management," said Todt. "Having accomplished these tasks, a new phase of my life has now begun in which I will have more time to dedicate to myself and my other interests. "Naturally I will continue to make a contribution to Ferrari in my institutional positions and in those which the President has chosen to entrust me." Ferrari said in a statement that it "thanks Jean Todt for the extraordinary human and professional contribution he has made over the last fifteen years of sporting success and great growth for the company of the Prancing Horse." The Board is now therefore composed as follows: Luca di Montezemolo, Piero Ferrari, Jean Todt, Amedeo Felisa, Alfredo Altavilla, Diego della Valle, Christopher Gent, Enrico Lippi, Sergio Marchionne, Paolo Monferino, Lindsay Owen-Jones, Marco Piccinini and Sergio Pininfarina. From www.autosport.com
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Post by schumi on Mar 20, 2008 6:43:43 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2008 6:47:34 GMT
That's great news . The adverts really spoil it , as long as we also get " The Chain " by Fleetwood Mac back . F1 isn't the same without that music either .
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Post by Genghis on Mar 20, 2008 6:58:01 GMT
Brilliant. No adverts - no more drivers becoming the World Championship during the ad break (as happened with Hakkinen in 1998) - and no more James Allen and Martin Brundle. Now all we do to do is to start the "Bring Back Murray" campaign.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2008 14:14:55 GMT
Brilliant news. I might start watching it again now Unless I misheard, it sounds as if Bernie E wasn't best pleased with ITV's coverage as he actually approached the BBC.
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Post by admin on Mar 20, 2008 17:22:21 GMT
Well, hopefully Martin Brundle will switch back to Auntie Beeb, but hopefully James Allen will be told to go forth - if it wasn't for the existence of the screaming imbecile, James Allen would be my least favourite commentator.
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Post by Genghis on Mar 20, 2008 17:34:59 GMT
Well, hopefully Martin Brundle will switch back to Auntie Beeb Oh lord, no. The dream team has to be Murray Walker and Damon Hill, although there would have to be someone else sharing duties with Murray to cover the non-European races, as he is well past his 80th birthday. Damon was full of interesting insights when he stood in last year, although he did fumble a couple of times due to his inexperience in the commentary box. However, given a few races and he'd be great as a co-commentator, especially as a World Champion and winner of 22 races, he's been there and got the T-Shirt, unlike F1 failure Brundle.
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Post by admin on Mar 20, 2008 18:06:12 GMT
Damon Hill? Give yourself a shake, woman.
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Post by Genghis on Mar 20, 2008 18:40:07 GMT
Damon Hill? Give yourself a shake, woman. He's fucking better than Martin Brundle.
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Post by schumi on Mar 20, 2008 18:58:30 GMT
I love Brundle's commentary - at least he's amusing.
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Post by admin on Mar 20, 2008 20:06:26 GMT
I love Brundle's commentary - at least he's amusing. Finally, we have common ground - I think Brundle's a splendid commentator.
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Post by Genghis on Mar 21, 2008 8:22:55 GMT
I love Brundle's commentary - at least he's amusing. Amusingly awful. James Allen desrves the chop first, but only just - Brundle is nearly as bad. The dreadful commentary team are surely one of the reasons ITV have got the boot. Surely the BBC wouldn't employ them - they'd go for someone else. I'd still love to see Murray commentating on the European races. He's such an enthusiast - I'm sure one reason the racing never seemed dull in the old days is that even during the most uneventul race, Murray Walker's enthusiasm never wavered.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2008 9:03:13 GMT
I'd still love to see Murray commentating on the European races. He's such an enthusiast - I'm sure one reason the racing never seemed dull in the old days is that even during the most uneventul race, Murray Walker's enthusiasm never wavered. Am I the only one who long ago came to the conclusion that the vast majority of F1 races were largely uneventful?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2008 9:29:21 GMT
Am I the only one who long ago came to the conclusion that the vast majority of F1 races were largely uneventful? I can see where your coming from Bryn . There are certain races where the result is known after the first bend ( a bit like Berwick ) . And there are two or three teams , due to vast amounts of money , who are miles ahead of the other teams ( a bit like Premiership football ) . There are teams , notably Ferrari , who seem to manipulate proceedings to their own advantage when things are not going well ( a bit like Manchester United ) But it remains a strangely compelling spectacle despite all that .
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Post by Genghis on Mar 21, 2008 10:08:07 GMT
I'd still love to see Murray commentating on the European races. He's such an enthusiast - I'm sure one reason the racing never seemed dull in the old days is that even during the most uneventul race, Murray Walker's enthusiasm never wavered. Am I the only one who long ago came to the conclusion that the vast majority of F1 races were largely uneventful? And this comes from someone who finds, of all sports, rugby exciting. Give me good old F1 over a bunch of toffee-nosed snobs lobbing around an egg-shaped ball anyday. I agree with Paulco - F1, despite all its annoyances and sometimes processional races, remains a compelling spectatle.
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