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@gatehouse: Tough one. Kimi's championship win was one of the most unexpected (Lewis bottled it basically) and people forget that he was quite competitive in last years Lotus. The issue is that as much as we as racing fans want to see two equal level drivers jostling for the title in the same car it rarely works well, in fact Lewis and Nico have done remarkably well keeping it relatively civil - see Ralf Schumacher and Montoya for the polar opposite.

It is my opinion that one driver should be designated the main driver ie the one that will go for the title and the other one should be a youngster - getting experience and eventually superseding his team-mate in 4/5 years time. This saves on offering another driver from another team a huge sum of money to move - as seems to be the case with Seb. However, for that to work Seb actually has to be challenging for the title and considering the cars Ferrari have been producing recently that is not a foregone conclusion by any stretch of the imagination. My worry is that in 2 years time, Seb might be fed up (he has much less patience/maturity than Alonso) and Kimi will be gone as well. So Ferrari will again have to fill two slots - like they had to do post Michael/Rubens.

To (finally) answer your question, I'd like to see (in the ideal world where Seb looks like challenging for the title) a youngster to be groomed for the top position. Failing that, Ricciardo? (Btw, neither of these things will actually happen. Mattiacci is a glorified car salesman that knows nothing and will drive this team into the ground, sadly)

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As a tifosi for 20 years, I have to firstly appreciate how good Fernando has been during his time at Ferrari: despite the team he nearly brought home a championship in probably the worst car since the Berger/Alesi days. He's been a gentleman and a professional where others haven't (looking at you Mattiacci) and I sincerely hope he wins another title to cement his position as a great of the sport.(Remember his titles were against Schumacher near his peak - something very few people can say they achieved)

Seeing a German in the Ferrari colours is always reassuring but Michael had Jean Todt/Ross Brawn and Seb doesn't - he will soon learn that he has to win despite the team and not because of it. However, if he does manage to somehow win a title it'll be as sweet as the first one Michael won after joining from Benetton - though that's a massive 'if' at this point.

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I love Dan but this just reinforces my belief that Paul Ryckert > Dan Ryckert.

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I am 26 years old and I have been a Ferrari tifosi for 18-20 of those years. This year has seen a glorified car salesman become the Team Principal, the legendary president replaced by a Chrysler idiot and a car that doesn't deserve the prancing horse symbol. Vettel is a great champion but I am not optimistic about his chances simply because he will have to win despite the team. The days of people of even half the quality of Todt/Brawn are long gone. I fear that the ineptitude of the team will cost Seb just as it cost Alonso last year. Losing Fernando is a massive mistake, though. He has single-handedly carried Ferrari in the last few seasons and behaved like a gentleman.

Still, Vettel is a massive signing and I can't help but feel that he could pull something out of the bag. Then again, I thought that Kimi/Fernando would be the second coming of Ralf/Montoya and look how that turned out.

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Dan could survive a black hole; prison is nothing compared to that.

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@gaspower: What about the Savio Vega machine?! Dan has made the site so much better.

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@skip124: Lewis Hamilton: always the victim, nothing is ever his fault.