Alonso, Massa And Montezemolo Stuck In Gravel Trap

[muttley]

...NOT!!!

Luca di Montezemolo got stuck in the kitty litter box while parading with Fernando around the Valencia circuit
http://tv.repubblica.it/copertina/montezemolo-insabbia-la-ferrari/39087?video

[FullMetalJack]

LMAO, are you sure that isn't Grosjean at the wheel?

[Phoenix]

Let's hope this won't be the taste of things to come...

[thehemogoblin]

Even the best can get caught in the kitty litter.

[Jordan]

Anyone able to understand just how that happened?

[lostpin]

Let's hope this won't be the taste of things to come...

Oh yes. It will.

[Nin13]

The first public appearance at Ferrari for Fernando Alonso didn’t go entirely according to plan.

Video here-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4gSRCW7-RM

From: http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2009/11/15/alonso-gets-ferrari-stuck-in-gravel-trap-in-first-appearance-for-team-pictures/

The Spanish champion got stuck in a gravel trap while he and future team mate Felipe Massa were being driven around the Valencia circuit in a Ferrari California by Ferrari chairman Luca di Montezemolo.

They’d been trying to get as close as possible to the 17,000 Spanish fans who turned out to see Alonso’s first appearance for Ferrari. Unsurprisingly Ferrari did not publish photographs of the incident but there’s plenty of pictures from the event below.

Alonso was only able to attend the event after getting permission from Renault at the last minute, as he is still contracted to them until the new year. He told the crowd:
quoteopen: This is a very important day for me, because here I can understand what the world of Ferrari is really like. In 2010 I hope to fight for the world title together with Felipe and that all the fans can be proud of us and our professionalism. quoteclose:

Massa and Alonso were at the Ricardo Tormo circuit near Valencia in Spain for the final day of the Ferrari Finali Mondiali (Ferrari world finals). They joined Giancarlo Fisichella, Marc Gene and Luca Badoer – Ferrari’s three official test drivers for 2010.

[TomWazzleshaw]

Is it a precursor of things to come from Maranello?

[mario]

Well, whether it's a sign of things to come or not, it has certainly put a smile on my face this morning

[rffp]

That is not unprecedented. I think it was in 1991 that Ron Dennis smashed a McLaren F1 road car in the Suzuka circuit to the delight of Gerhard Berger.
From what I gathered, it was Montezemolo that was driving the car.

[Nin13]

Well, whether it's a sign of things to come or not, it has certainly put a smile on my face this morning

It could mean that Montezemolo is a reject material!!

[Yannick]

Somebody else is making "Lavaggi look like Nuvolari" yet again.

[lostpin]

Montezemolo had a brain fade and forgot that they actually don't produce 4x4's.

[Phoenix]

Actually it seems Montezemolo suddenly turned into the gravel trap...seems like a stupid, thoughtless mistake.

[Phoenix]

Let's hope this won't be the taste of things to come...

Oh yes. It will.

As a fan of Alonso, I don't want to see another 1973-esque year for Ferrari. I had too much suffering for the last two years...Not to mention the struggles of the Atlético de Madrid and all that mindless spam...

[thehemogoblin]

Actually it seems Montezemolo suddenly turned into the gravel trap...seems like a stupid, thoughtless mistake.

Kind of like getting rid of Michael Schumacher or Kimi Raikkonen?

[Phoenix]

Actually it seems Montezemolo suddenly turned into the gravel trap...seems like a stupid, thoughtless mistake.

Kind of like getting rid of Michael Schumacher or Kimi Raikkonen?

Actually getting rid of Raikkonen to put Alonso was not very stupid...what would you have done?
Plus, Schumi decided when he retired, nobody told him to go away.

[thehemogoblin]

Actually it seems Montezemolo suddenly turned into the gravel trap...seems like a stupid, thoughtless mistake.

Kind of like getting rid of Michael Schumacher or Kimi Raikkonen?

Actually getting rid of Raikkonen to put Alonso was not very stupid...what would you have done?
Plus, Schumi decided when he retired, nobody told him to go away.

I would have gotten rid of Massa, that way if/when Alonso is outclassed, it's by a perceived "talented" driver.

And from what I've gathered on these boards, Schumacher was pushed out...

[Phoenix]

Kind of like getting rid of Michael Schumacher or Kimi Raikkonen?

Actually getting rid of Raikkonen to put Alonso was not very stupid...what would you have done?
Plus, Schumi decided when he retired, nobody told him to go away.

I would have gotten rid of Massa, that way if/when Alonso is outclassed, it's by a perceived "talented" driver.

And from what I've gathered on these boards, Schumacher was pushed out...

I was actually referring to his driver career. If he was sacked of his roles as an assessor, I don't know...

[shinji]

I genuinely hope that this isn't some kind of sickening premonition of next year - Montezemolo, Alonso and Massa embarrasing themselves.

[tristan1117]

I hope this isn't a foreshadowing of Ferrari's 2010 season. I still don't know why the driver just drove into a gravel trap. Turning into a gravel trap is almost Inoue-esque.

[thehemogoblin]

:lol: I hope this isn't a foreshadowing of Ferrari's 2010 season. I still don't know why the driver just drove into a gravel trap. Turning into a gravel trap is almost Inoue-esque.

Plus, what happens if they all get sand in their naughty bits?

[Phoenix]

:lol: I hope this isn't a foreshadowing of Ferrari's 2010 season. I still don't know why the driver just drove into a gravel trap. Turning into a gravel trap is almost Inoue-esque.

Plus, what happens if they all get sand in their naughty bits?

They go to the shower and...eeerrrrm...nothing, really...

[Fitch]

Phoenix,

It's become Common Knowledge that Ferrari Forced Schumi to retire earlier then he wanted to make way for Kimi........


Plus...didn't Pizzonia destroy a Jaguar Road Car by trying to take a Turn like an F1 Car?

[dr-baker]

Plus...didn't Pizzonia destroy a Jaguar Road Car by trying to take a Turn like an F1 Car?

Yes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XxU9IVwg-U

[lostpin]

Plus...didn't Pizzonia destroy a Jaguar Road Car by trying to take a Turn like an F1 Car?

Yes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XxU9IVwg-U

[Phoenix]

Phoenix,

It's become Common Knowledge that Ferrari Forced Schumi to retire earlier then he wanted to make way for Kimi........


Plus...didn't Pizzonia destroy a Jaguar Road Car by trying to take a Turn like an F1 Car?

Is it true? I don't think so...I had never heard this, at least...