Human Factor
June 11, 2007
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Posted by
staffFerrari

Well, well, in actual fact there’s no real reason to be too cheerful, after the outcome of the Canadian weekend… in actual fact to cheer me up there are some other things: One of them that I just came back from a weeklong holiday on the Isle of Man, where I went with my motorbike to be present at the TT: the most beautiful and incredible race I’ve ever seen in my whole life. I’m sure that who vaguely knows what I’m talking about here will understand! For sure I will talk again about this issue because – although it might not be completely relevant - it is something that definitely deserves to be deepened. The second thing that cheers me up is that finally I can see some movement inside the blog, with some pleasant new-entries as for example Ianiva and Enzobharath, who I want to welcome officially, but also some comeback, as the one by Morgana. Having said that, I think that Francesco has already summed up the weekend very well; up to the point that I do not need to add anything else other than a short reflection, which you may want to consider. The reflection I want to talk about is the following: taking as a starting point the fact that also I really liked Sato overtaking Alonso the way he did (the syndrome of David against Goliath has always been tormenting big and small… ) and I really enjoyed seeing a Williams on the podium (the last private constructor left in Formula One) and the first victory of the rookie Hamilton; but behind all this there is a lowest common denominator, which might be overseen very often but which is of great importance. The lowest common denominator, even in this super technological and hyper-electronic Formula One, is the human factor. Indeed! Just take Super Aguri as an example, until a couple of months ago the Cinderella of Formula One, and now they even manage to stay ahead of their official team and the multimillionaires at Toyota. What happened? What has changed? A certain gentleman who leads the team and who’s name is Daniele Audetto, a well know personality in Maranello and able to create a group of people who know how to work together for a common goal and with a clear strategy. The results? Well, I’d say that the results speak for themselves and they say exactly the opposite of the one’s of the official team, which dove into an abyss since they have fired Richards. As far as the rest is concerned, the things that affect us, what is there to say? Let’s hope that we “fuelled up” over the weekend and that we will soon see the light at the end of the tunnel, hopefully already at the next weekend in Indianapolis…