A da, to ima smisla onda, vjerujem da u Ferrariju znaju šta rade. Preko zime će im onda biti glavni zadatak da pogode sa šasijom, a čini se da će tu biti veliki promjena, što će nadam se rezultirati velikim pomacima u aerodinamici bolida, u čemu za Mercedesom još uvijek dosta kaskaju.

Vjerujem da će Vettel dati sve od sebe da to ostvari i da će iskoristiti sve prilike ako mu se ponude

https://twitter.com/GrandPrixDiary/status/669915367528128512

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Čestitke Ferrarijevom timu na nagradi nabržih pit-stopa u 2015.g (2015 DHL Fastest Pit Stop Award), čak 7 najbržih zaustavljanja u sezoni!!
No RB i dalje drži nabrže zaustavljanje u sezoni sa 2,10s u Italiji.



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MIli i dragi Arrivabene.. i nije toliko mili i dragi kad je posao u pitanju:

FERRARI MR. NICE GUY MASK SLIPS

So Arrivabene’s actions at the Abu Dhabi GP may surprise those who think he is just Mr. Nice guy. F1 photographer Darren Heath, tweeted that Maurizio Arrivabene turned on a Sky Sports cameraman and raged, “Do that again and I’ll cut your f*cking head off!”

Heath later deleted the tweet with another stating, “lLearnt a lesson today on how tweets sent when emotions are high can be damaging.”

A Ferrari spokesperson was sent to explain to the media, “Yes, there was an incident, the cameraman bumped a mechanic. Maurizio intervened but he only gave him a warning.”

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OMG.. zbilja izgleda tip top:
https://twitter.com/Ferrari/status/672099020500791296 _________________

Prošli vikend, AbuDhabi:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78TV3cS6m84

Kimi song
https://youtu.be/L7k_-wqzuJc

Sljedeće godine Ferrari stavlja na svoj bolid prednji Push Rod sistem suspenzija sličan Mercedesovim rješenju. .. i kraći nos no nešto širi od dosadašnjeg.. koji je na granici dozvoljenog kako bi što više zraka došlo ispod njega.. slično rješenje Torro Rossa.

FERRARI 2016: FRONT - NEW SHORT muzzle and front PUSH ROD


he project 667, approved in Maranello for some months now, will present ideas to sharp break with what has been done Ferrari in recent seasons. It started, despite the good results obtained with the car in 2015, from a blank sheet to try to close the gap ("only" 3-4 tenths in race trim) that separates the Italian team from Mercedes.

This project, the first carried out by Allison-Resta-Binotto will present many innovations and will remain in the car just a few elements of the SF15-T. After four seasons of use of the pull rod front suspension, Ferrari will to use a push rod suspension system. In addition to returning to the suspension system to "strut" (finally we might add), for aerodynamic purposes, the steering arm is lowered to align with a lower triangle that should keep the tuning fork diagram, solution similar to Mercedes in 2015.

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The version of muzzle implemented by engineers at Maranello will be at the limit of technical regulations because of what we know will be very similar to the snout used by Toro Rosso in this 2015 (the concept of nose is that, less detail more detail), when in the end of the muzzle will be located at the limit of 850 mm from the Front Wheel Centre Line (FWCL) and the "tip" of the muzzle. Thanks to this, the nose will prove to be raised and with a passage section of the air between the support pylons and the wing, much wider than the old version.


This solution will ensure a higher air flow in the area of the bottom of the car and then the opportunity to generate more downforce at the front which will eventually be balanced by a slender back, but we'll talk about in a few days!

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OPREZ, VELIKI POST!!!

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Secrets of the Ferrari revival


Both downtrodden in 2014, Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari found solace and success together this year. BEN ANDERSON analyses the main factors behind the Scuderia's resurgence

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It's almost as if Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari found each other in the 'lonely hearts' column of a newspaper, or carried on seeing each other after one of those terrible dating shows that Channel 4 is so fond of broadcasting.

While not exactly 'undateable', both were somewhat downtrodden in 2014, lacking some of the star quality that made each a household name in modern Formula 1. But they got firmly back on track together this year, helping each other get over recent long-term relationships and 'back out there', as it were.

Last season was a disaster for Ferrari. The paucity of results (including no race win for the first time since 1993) led to wholesale changes at management level, and the departure of star driver Fernando Alonso, who after five seasons finally lost patience at the Scuderia's inability to build a car good enough to win him a third world championship.

Jilted by its long-term lover, Ferrari needed a new infatuation to rekindle the competitive fires burning inside Maranello.

Vettel also needed stoking, after looking out of sorts in 2014 as Red Bull went backwards after four consecutive seasons of domination.

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A tough 2014 hit Vettel hard © XPB

He didn't like the new V6 hybrid turbo engines and he didn't like what they did to the handling of his car. He got blown off by young team-mate Daniel Ricciardo and didn't look happy at all. Worst of all, he began to doubt himself.

But this year was much better. Vettel and Ferrari deleted the old numbers from their phones, and set out on a new path together that has allowed each to rediscover some of their old lustre.

A mid-2014 overhaul of the Ferrari engine department (instigated under the old regime, incidentally) bore serious fruit this year, as the Scuderia's SF15-T proved to be far more efficient and better at energy recovery.

This was the main area of weaknesses last season, and solving it delivered what technical director James Allison described as a "crap-load of horsepower", along with further refinements to other parts of the engine, and the fuel as well.

The car was also much more benign to drive than last year's, combining well with Pirelli's stiffer rear tyre construction to make the handling "a little bit less front-limited", according to Allison.

Vettel prefers a car with which he can lean heavily on the rear tyres, and he thrived in this new environment, revelling in a machine he enjoyed driving, while also setting out on a new career path that follows a similar trajectory to that trodden by his great hero Michael Schumacher.

Refreshed, revitalised, rejuvenated, Vettel showered his new lover with gifts and trinkets: a podium finish first time out in Australia, a win on just his second start in Malaysia, a total of three victories and 13 podiums across the balance of their first 19 races together.

Vettel only finished off the podium in four races, and only twice failed to bring the car home at all (when his rear tyre failed in Belgium and when he crashed uncharacteristically in Mexico).

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Vettel didn't waste many chances to upstage Mercedes © XPB

When the works Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg slipped up, it was usually Vettel waiting to pounce. Witness his sublime pole position in Singapore (where Mercedes couldn't get the tyres working properly), or the two occasions across the first four races when he managed to split the two silver cars in qualifying, thanks to Rosberg's early-season Saturday struggles.

Winning three races exceeded the expectations set for Ferrari by chairman Sergio Marchionne and new team principal Maurizio Arrivabene at the launch of the SF15-T in January. By any measure, this was a superb first season together for Vettel and Ferrari.

"I think in general this season surprised a lot of people, and surely exceeded our expectations as well," says Vettel. "So it has been all-in-all very positive.

"Obviously what people remember of last year is pretty bad but it was not a disastrous year. I don't think I was getting lazy, but it was more complicated, with not a lot of running and a new generation of cars.

"It was difficult to find the rhythm. It was not a good season overall, but it reminded me to keep going, make progress and want something new. Though changing teams has been a huge challenge, I am enjoying it a lot. Ferrari has helped me find that rhythm."

Back in the groove, Vettel has looked more like the driver who dominated Formula 1 from 2010-13; lightening fast at the crucial moments, relentless in the races, and almost mistake free.

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Allison describes Vettel as a "formidable weapon" © LAT

It's important not to underestimate the galvanising affect a change of scenery can have on both team and driver, and Vettel has certainly impressed Ferrari with his attitude and work ethic, as well as his performances on-track.

"It's quite difficult to talk about this without sounding cliched, or without sounding boring, or even sycophantic to be honest, because it's very easy to slip into cliches like 'he's got a great work ethic', 'he's a good team player'," says Allison of his new charge.

"The main thing a team wants from a driver is that they're quick. You can tolerate all manner of idiosyncrasies if the guy is quick.

"Quick, mistake-free and just a datum that you can trust; that you know if the car is slow it's because the car is slow, it's not because your driver is having an off-day. That's what you want in a driver. I think all world champions have that, and Sebastian definitely has that.

"What you hope for in addition, which you absolutely have no guarantee of having, is someone who loves being part of the team, helps encourage the team to better than it did before, who is forgiving of mistakes, who shows humility himself, who is fun to be with, and just lubricates what is a very difficult working environment with his personality.

"If you have the speed and the reliability [in a driver] you're already a lucky team; if you have this third thing, something which was very strong with Michael - he was tremendous in the team like that - then you really do have a special guy, and Sebastian has that. [He is] a very formidable weapon to have."

Vettel looks relaxed and happy in his new relationship, often taking opportunities in the post-qualifying and post-race press conferences to wind up the two Mercedes drivers. His questioning of Hamilton and Rosberg as to whether they would drive into each other at Turn 1 in Mexico was particularly hilarious. But it's easy to laugh and joke around when things are going well and the pressure - to some extent - is off.

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Vettel thinks Ferrari has been too competitive for an 'underdog' tag © LAT

Ferrari and Vettel knew they wouldn't be in a position to challenge for the championship this season, the focus was simply on becoming competitive again, and Vettel seems to have enjoyed being the valiant underdog this year, shorn of the (unrealistic) expectation of defending his fourth world title, which seemed to weigh him down during his final season with Red Bull.

"I don't consider myself the underdog," says Vettel, refuting the tag. "I know we're not the favourites, but I think we have shown since the beginning of the season that if we get our act together we have a reasonable chance of finishing on the podium and winning races.

"It has been a great experience so far, but we also know where we want to be in the future, so there is a lot of work still ahead of us, and certainly we will be a lot happier if people wouldn't call us the underdog, but favourite in the future."

However he feels about it personally, Vettel was the underdog this season. Ferrari made a massive leap technically, but not big enough to challenge Mercedes on merit. Those occasional successes over the silver arrows all required some form of slip-up or misfortune to strike first.

In Malaysia Mercedes gave up track position under an early safety car period and couldn't recover; in Hungary its duo failed to get off the line properly and again handed track position to the red cars; and in Singapore it was not competitive in qualifying or the race owing to difficulties generating sufficient tyre temperature in the soft and super-soft Pirellis.

All three of Vettel's victories this year were opportunist, the very definition of underdog glory. This is something his predecessor Alonso became all too familiar with during his own stint at Maranello. True, Alonso came close to winning the world championship twice during that time, but ultimately he never did.

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Ferrari life started well for Alonso too, but frustration followed © LAT

The Spaniard won races in every year he raced for the Scuderia, except the last one, and three times finished runner-up to Vettel in the points. Alonso was the living embodiment of the heroic underdog during his spell at Ferrari.

Triple world champion Jackie Stewart talks of how winning races in a car that isn't the best is something that elevates a driver into the top echelon of F1's greatest. Among the current breed, Hamilton has done that, during his latter McLaren years, and Alonso too. Now it's fair to say that Vettel has clearly shown he's more than simply a one-trick bull.

But the status of heroic outsider, achieving against the odds, eventually wears thin on a driver who has been world champion before, and is driven to do nothing else except win again.

The warning of Alonso's time at Maranello is clear: spend too long as the underdog and cracks in the relationship will start to appear. Winning occasional races in a car that isn't the best can give enormous pleasure for a while, but that won't be enough in the long run...

So far, Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari appears a match made in heaven. But they are both still very much in the honeymoon phase of their new union. It remains to be seen whether these two are simply a flash in the pan, or made for life.

RAIKKONEN REMAINS, BUT FOR HOW LONG?

2014 was a trying year for Kimi Raikkonen fans. The Finn remains an undoubted hero of the Formula 1 faithful, but last season was comfortably his worst since he arrived in F1 in 2001, as reigning Formula Renault UK champion.

Purely based on results, this one has been substantially better. Raikkonen has finished on the podium three times (last year his best finish in a race was fourth) and scored more than double the number of points he amassed last year, improving from a lowly 12th in the 2014 standings to a much more respectable fourth.

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Raikkonen's year improved, but not enough © XPB

But this season still represents another campaign of underachievement for the 2007 world champion, who was comprehensively outqualified, out-raced and outscored by his team-mate Vettel.

Vettel won the intra-team qualifying battle 13-3, discounting June's Canadian Grand Prix, where Vettel suffered an MGU-H problem, and the Belgian and Mexican GPs, where Raikkonen's car broke down. That's a similar ratio to the one by which Alonso defeated Raikkonen last year. Vettel won three races and finished on the podium 13 times in 19 races; Raikkonen managed no wins and just two podiums...

By rights he should not have beaten the Williams of Valtteri Bottas (with whom he had two separate collisions this year) so narrowly in the drivers' championship, but at least has improved his overall scoring ratio compared to his team-mate - up to 54 per cent of Vettel's points tally this year from 34 per cent of Alonso's in 2014. That ratio would be better still without a few technical problems, but Raikkonen also admits he has simply made too many mistakes this year.

When the constructors' fight is closer than it was this season, Raikkonen could prove expensive to Ferrari, but the Finn did enough to convince the Scuderia he is worth keeping for another year, earning a contract extension for 2016 that was announced ahead of August's Belgian GP.

"I'd say from Spa onwards it's been a mighty close-run thing," says technical chief James Allison of the internal battle between Raikkonen and Vettel.

"I think we're very fortunate to have drivers that a) get on with one-another, b) trust each other, c) are fast and d) are putting pressure on each other."

All told Raikkonen was better this season, but not much better. He needs to step up his game to really put the pressure on Vettel in 2016.

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FERRARI 2016: ENGINE ENDOTHERMIC, MGU-K and TRASMISSION - How many changes

To be able to have a tight back that will enable aerodiynamicists to make the leap forward in terms of downforce at the rear, the engineers at Maranello have worked on a variety areas of power unit. The endothermic engine, in addition to the much acclaimed new crankcase that can bring important benefits both as regards the part endothermic, that for the part of the hybrid Italian PU will change in many other areas and will be very different both in size and in positioning with respect to one used in 2015.

The technicians led by the engineer Binotto, have tried to keep the overall dimensions, just to improve consequently the sliding of the streams directed toward the rear of the car, useful to generate greater aerodynamic load due to the diffuser. Aerodynamic loading, achieved without a significant increase in aerodynamic drag, as opposed to when for example you go to search load via a wing (the aerodynamic resistance is accentuated).

The intercooler, air-water type that was placed inside the "V" of the internal combustion engine will be placed in a new position completely different than in past seasons following the philosophy of the Mercedes. Then, the exchanger will be housed inside the frame of the new Ferrari. This could mean that even motorists Ferrari, have splitted the group turbo / compressor, the latter in front of the combustion engine. Of this solution have not yet received the necessary confirmations but intercooler placement makes us think of this solution. This would minimize the path of the air from the compressor sent later when entering the part of the endothermic Italian PU.

One of the many causes that have allowed the aerodynamicsts taper of the zone of Coca Cola SF15 - T has been, without doubt, the placement and size of the engine MGU - K current. Since 2014 this component was placed in the back of the endothermic, as you can see from the image below. And as for the size, it is not quite compact.

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The electric motor MGU - K has been completely redesigned; the technicians of the Italian team, together to the work of Magneti Marelli, have created a motor generator very compact in its dimensions which will provide even better performance . MGU - K will be placed on the left side of the endothermic version 2016, copying some solutions Mercedes and Honda .

To have a Ferrari in 2016 with a very narrow rear and sleek, technicians also modify the gear box that will be very tight in order to bring even greater amount of air at the top of the diffuser and therefore generate more downforce. Given all these changes at the rear of the Ferrari 2016 it will be used a new suspension pull rod, revised kinematics, to further improve the mechanical grip and traction out of the slow corners.

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FERRARI 2016: COOLING POWER UNIT

And here we come to the last episode of the three ( BET 1 , BET 2 ), relating to the Ferrari that will, in 2016. Let's talk about the cooling of the power unit. The new project in 2016 the arrangement of the radiators will be changed from the one adopted in this 2015, but this to our readers on a daily basis is nothing new since we talked already in October. The technicians of the Italian team wanting to taper the rear of the car also had to redesign the entire central part of the car. And to do this, according to our latest information it seems can be used a solution similar to that used on the F138 in which they had been used the radiators placed vertically and arranged in "fan" toward the front .

Stepping back:

1. the SF15-T the radiators were positioned almost horizontally
2. on F14T the radiator was positioned almost vertically , to try to have a more tapered rear end, but this solution had created a problem of "freezing aerodynamic".

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The position of some exchangers, to be able to get a significant taper the back, will be changed and some radiator (eg. change) will be situated to the rear ICE solution, which was used by all those motorized Mercedes and Renault.

The work carried out on the exchangers allow aerodynamic Ferrari starting to tighten the side panels in the lower part of the car in advance of the SF15-T thus bringing a greater quantity of air in the central part of the diffuser .

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FERRARI 2016: FRONT - NEW SHORT NOSE and PUSH ROD FRONT SUSPENSION

The project 667, approved in Maranello for some months now, will present ideas to sharp break with what has been done Ferrari in recent seasons. It started, despite the good results obtained with the car in 2015, from a blank sheet to try to close the gap ("only" 3-4 tenths in race trim) that separates the Italian team from Mercedes.

This project, the first carried out by Allison-Resta-Binotto will present many innovations and will remain in the car just a few elements of the SF15-T. After four seasons of use of the pull rod front suspension, Ferrari will, as already announced in May by our PJ (@RoboCoPJ) on Twitter, to use a push rod suspension system. In addition to returning to the suspension system to "strut" (finally we might add), for aerodynamic purposes, the steering arm is lowered to align with a lower triangle that should keep the tuning fork diagram, solution similar to Mercedes in 2015.

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The version of muzzle implemented by engineers at Maranello will be at the limit of technical regulations because of what we know will be very similar to the snout used by Toro Rosso in this 2015 (the concept of nose is that, less detail more detail), when in the end of the muzzle will be located at the limit of 850 mm from the Front Wheel Centre Line (FWCL) and the "tip" of the muzzle. Thanks to this, the nose will prove to be raised and with a passage section of the air between the support pylons and the wing, much wider than the old version.

This solution will ensure a higher air flow in the area of the bottom of the car and then the opportunity to generate more downforce at the front which will eventually be balanced by a slender back, but we'll talk about in a few days!

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Christmas to grow together

Past memories and future hopes at the Gestione Sportiva lunch

Maranello, 12 December – The Nuova Logistica hall decked out for the festivities, the delight in being all together to celebrate fast-approaching Christmas, on the back of having enjoyed a great season, although with a lot still to do. These and much more besides were the themes of today’s Gestione Sportiva lunch. Ferrari President Sergio Marchionne thanked all the staff “and especially all the families, who supported them throughout a year of hard work. However, you know that the real battle starts in 2016, but we can count on two drivers who have already been world champions and engineers who can take us back to the top. This year, we’d have been happy with two wins, but we managed three, as well as a whole host of podium finishes. The most important thing is that, above all, we made the most of our in-house resources, without taking on too many outsiders.”
This sentiment was underlined by Scuderia Ferrari team principal, Maurizio Arrivabene. “Our aim for next year is to work with even more determination, to deserve this badge that we must wear with honour. A special thanks goes to our President, who has always supported us, putting himself in the front line. ‘We race’ is in our DNA.”
However, Christmas is also the time for gifts and those for Sebastian Vettel, Kimi Raikkonen and Esteban Gutierrez were definitely made to measure, in the shape of armchairs made out of their respective driving seats.

Sebastian had prepared a long speech in perfect Italian. “This, my first year with Ferrari, has been fantastic, with plenty of successes. Hearing the German and Italian national anthems on the podium was an indescribable feeling. Thanks to all you men and women at Ferrari who, every year, put together this red miracle. Thanks for the affection you have shown me.”

Kimi’s message was more concise, but just as effective: "This year did not get off to a very good start for me, but it ended on an upbeat. We must continue working together and then I’m sure the results will come. Because now, we are really a team and actually, I’m sure we will be a great team.”

For the drivers, it’s now time for a holiday, but at Maranello, the work goes on…

Ferrari president Sergio Marchionne says the Maranello team should start the 2016 Formula 1 season with an immediate win.

Marchionne declared to La Gazzetta dello Sport, “The balance sheet of Ferrari is good. What we need now is results on the track. It is important to win the first race of the season in Australia.”

“I know the work that has been done quietly by the team, without making a fuss. But now we win,” Marchionne said. “The real battle starts in 2016, but we can count on two drivers who have already been world champions and engineers who can take us back to the top.”







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Ferrari says staff must be 'terrified' of failure next year -link

Ferrari: Make F1 like NASCAR and we may walk -link

Marchionne: Alfa Romeo to return to Formula One -link

Ferrari boss expects 'phenomenal' Raikkonen in 2016 -link

Analysis: The mood of change at Ferrari with an eye on F1 future -link

Analysis: Just how powerful is Ferrari's F1 veto? -link
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OMG

http://www.formulasantander.com/xmasgame

Kimi se preporodio. Ne pamtim kada se ovoliko nasmijao. Inace lijep team spirit building. Zanima me da li imaju gdje blooperi s snimanja?

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Između 18. i 20. veljače biti će prezentiran Ferrarijev bolid za slijedeću sezonu. Izvori također tvrde kako se radi o potpuno novom Ferrarijevom bolidu, kojeg će se od potpune izrade moći testirati (vljda na simulatoru) samo 8 dana (da budem iskren to nisam baš skužio). Bolid ima izvrsno ponašanje i rezultate na simulatoru, no da bi sve tako radilo na stazi to neće biti samo tako jednostavno. Pošto bolid nije evolucija, već revolucija, u Ferrariju očekuju kako će zbog toga Mercedes imati stanovitu prednost u prvoj polovici sezone, no kroz sezonu biti će najbitniji rast performansi Ferrarijevog bolida, tj. tog novog dizajna.

Osobno očekujem nakon 3-4 utrke postavljanje stvari na svoje mjesto, te bi nakon toga mogli gledati nešto zanimljiviju sezonu od ove.

Izvor: @RoboCoPJ

Ako vec sada prvu polovinu predaju Mercedesu onda je gotovo.

alibi nista drugo

U to bas nesto i ne vjerujem. Jer se ne smije to ponavljati iz ove sezone. Nemam nista protov ove sezone sto se njih tice, jer ipak su napravili skok u bas svakom podrucju. Zato od njih ocekujem nesto vise. A ne samo da govore kako ne treba ocekivati puno od njih u prvom djelu sezone.... Pa onda ti ga to dodje na isto kao i sa ovom sezonom. U pocetku su bili u dobrom deficitu, pa su kroz sezonu to smanjivali. A sad da to isto ponove iducu sezonu, nema mi smisla. Onda mogu zaboraviti oba naslova....

Mada mislim da tu oni muljaju malo.

http://readysetred.ferrari.com/

Hm hm

Za šta bi to moglo biti??/

Teaser za Ferrari "667" https://twitter.com/ScuderiaFerrari/status/688367629526945792

Nažalost, ipak ništa od predstavljanja novog Ferrarija, riječ je o nagradnoj igri u kojoj će 10 ljudi osvojiti mjesto na predstavljanju novog bolida https://twitter.com/f1fanatic_co_uk/status/689039826826477568 https://twitter.com/f1fanatic_co_uk/status/689040003872256000 https://twitter.com/BadgerGP/status/689040201402961920

Dobro pa ko je očekivao predstavljanje bolida danas?
Nema šanse...