Who will be the No:1 driver for Ferrari next year if Massa finishes ahead of Raikkonen in this years championship?
2006-09-10 05:57:40 · 20 answers · asked by Agent1 1 in Sports ➔ Auto Racing
Who will be the No:1 driver for Ferrari next year if Massa finishes ahead of Raikkonen in this years championship? And why?
2006-09-10 06:12:30 · update #1
Raikknon has already been declared no. 1 driver after Schumi. Massa has no chance now. I find Kimi to be better than Massa simply because of his seniority and rich experience.
2006-09-12 20:37:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
kimi raikkonen no doubt about that. the very reason is because he was signed to do just that, to be shumacher's replacement as ferrari's number 1 driver. i hate to say this but raikkonen atleast in the scuderia ferrari's eyes is way better than felipe massa otherwise they would have just given massa the number one seat and get an up and coming driver of yet a lesser caliber with a lot of potential like mark weber, nico rosberg or even robert kubica to groom and serve as a number two driver in the process, instead they get kimi raikkonen simply because felipe massa is not good enough to lead a team like ferrari. so regardless on how massa and raikkonen in relation to each other finishes this season still raikkonen will have the odd numbered car next season.unless ofcourse if when shumacher leaves the sport as a world champion then raikkonen will have the number 2 car and massa the number 3.
2006-09-10 06:48:03 · answer #2 · answered by chock d. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Raikkonen will be the no. 1 in the Ferrari team because he has been hired to be Schumacher's replacement.
And in the unlikely case that MS wins the WDC, Raikkonen will have number 0 on his car and Massa 2.
2006-09-10 07:20:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Massa has been with Ferrari since 2003 (testing in 2003, 2005), so seniority status should be given to him, including the red roll hoop/camera. But there is no doubt which driver Ferrari thinks is the more talented...it's the one that gets paid more. Kimi will be treated as No 1 strategy-wise, I reckon. Massa's manager is Jean Todt's son, but even that won't be enough to give Massa the advantage over Kimi. Besides, Jean Todt might be retiring along with Michael and Ross Brawn and Rory Byrne etc etc...
2006-09-10 12:54:55 · answer #4 · answered by rockpool248 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Massa has the better hand, and it will take a great attempt from Raikonnen to get lower back on words, no longer to show on precise. Ferrari won't favour the two of them till previous due interior the season, yet I assume that Raikonnen will end his Ferrari profession as selection 2 to Massa. The Ferrari is rumoured to be the quickest automobile on the 2d (i comprehend BMW have been speedy, in spite of the undeniable fact that it is known that they are working a extra 'very final' version of their automobile than all the different communities), and that being the case i might think of that Massa has a great danger of prevailing the call he would desire to have had final 300 and sixty 5 days. on the different hand, no person particularly is familiar with what McLaren are doing. they'd have produced their first absolute dogs in a decade or extra, or they may be working on a million/2 tanks each and all the time...we will not comprehend for yet another couple of weeks. EDIT @matrix i think that McLaren have an exceedingly clever thought relating to the lower back end of the automobile which they do no longer elect to tutor each and every physique till Melbourne, it is why they're nonetheless working their 2008 wing.
2016-12-12 05:58:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has to be Raikkonen......
First of all he is a senior player than massa, secondly his track record is much better than massa.......though Massa has done much better this season....but remember if schumi wouldn't have retired, massa would not have been in ferrari team next season......
so it has be to Kimi as a No1 driver for Ferrari next season..
2006-09-10 06:30:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Massa
2006-09-10 08:31:29 · answer #7 · answered by Liviu M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kimi Raikonnen. Personally I think he is the better pilot (better than Massa) though he had fewer chances to prove his skills because his car broke so often. Except for the last two races Massa hasn't showed that much of a talent. Kimi did (personal opinion again).
2006-09-10 06:28:33 · answer #8 · answered by Elize 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
even if massa finishes ahead of raikkonen, no:1 driver for ferrari will be MICHAEL SCHUMACHER!
2006-09-13 14:20:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ferrari already announced that Kimi will be the #1 driver in their paddock until 2009 at the end of Monza. That means that Alonso will get his @ss handed to him again next year!
2006-09-10 09:02:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋