Gazzetta dello Sport:- Frustration of Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen was approaching danger levels According to Gazzetta dello Sport, the patience of Alonso and Raikkonen was approaching dangerous levels with the team locked into a crisis. Despite the appointment of Kimi Raikkonen alongside Alonso in Ferraris all-champion driver line-up, the team are yet to score a podium finish this season and trail runaway leaders Mercedes by 78 points in the Constructors Championship after just three rounds of the nascent 2014 campaign. Raikkonen remains the last driver to win the Drivers World Championship in Ferrari colours, with the Finns 2007 success occurring one year before Domenicali replaced Jean Todt as Team Principal. While Alonso and Raikkonen have reined in their frustration in public, its believed that their angst at the woeful displays of the F14 T was pivotal in Domenicalis exit after 23 years service. Sky F1s Ted Kravitz noted, Alonsos influence in this has been absolutely key, he is more fed up than anyone that Ferrari are, once again, unable to deliver him a race-winning car, Alonso would have been in the background saying to di Montezemolo Come on guys, we really need to get this sorted. Alonso was instrumental in getting in [Chassis Technical Director] James Allison and he would have been saying Come on, we need a big change now - the same big change that Stefano Domenicali talked about in his resignation remarks. Domenicali has been replaced with immediate effect as Team Principal by Marco Mattiacci. Ross Brawn expected to be Stefano Domenicalis long-term successor
Posted on: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 14:36:29 +0000
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