As soon as I signed with Ferrari it was clear to me that people expected big performances from me. Even though people were realistic enough to see that I was only starting my second season and that I still had a lot to learn.
The ecstasy of driving a new Ferrari is now almost always eradicated by the pain of dealing with the organisation.
I’ve given up my Ferrari – the idea of going through my village in a 488… You can’t drive them on English roads.
‘LaFerrari’ means ‘the Ferrari.’ The excellence. In this car, we put everything we are able to do. Our extreme technology, extreme experience, extreme capability. And this has been the first Ferrari totally designed in our design center.
Times change, things move. F1 used to have customer cars years ago. You could buy a car from March or from Ferrari and go racing.
It is a big problem and so I don’t know for sure if I say yes or no to Ferrari.
Red Bull is an energy drinks company operating a team in F1, of course it doesn’t sit particularly well when you are competing against iconic brands like Ferrari and Mercedes. We are happy to be perceived as a bit of a maverick.
Other people might want a Ferrari, but I wanted a butterfly house. I built it together with a blacksmith. We designed it together.
Nobody in Formula One has won so many titles, so many races as I did. So Ferrari for me is crucial; it is more than important.
I don’t like being famous – it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.
Mercedes and Ferrari are working as one team these days. Sometimes it is difficult to tell which is which.
I have a Lamborghini Diablo. I have Mercedes 600, a 500, a 300, a 190. I have a Ferrari Testarossa, a Porsche speedster.
I do give books as gifts sometimes, when people would rather have one than a new Ferrari.
It is more than obvious that Ferrari has a big place in my heart since I was born and, also, in the hearts of our family.
If someone said to me that you can have three wishes, my first would have been to get into racing, my second to be in Formula 1, my third to drive for Ferrari.
As soon as I signed with Ferrari it was clear to me that people expected big performances from me. Even though people were realistic enough to see that I was only starting my second season and that I still had a lot to learn.
I worked with Michelle Yeoh on my last film, ‘Far North,’ and her partner is Jean Todt; at the time, he ran Ferrari. So I went as a VIP to the British grand prix.
Tailor Made will help Ferrari’s clients tailor their cars in a very personal, specific way. It’s a bespoke service, like visiting Huntsman or Anderson & Sheppard or whoever your favourite Savile Row tailor is.
I’m married to Ferrari.
Here comes 40. I’m feeling my age and I’ve ordered the Ferrari. I’m going to get the whole mid-life crisis package.
If you’re looking for power and handling, then I think Ferrari is the answer.
At the beginning, I didn’t want to arrive at a big team like Ferrari and say: ‘Ok, I want the car like this’ – I just wanted to try and adapt to the car and then see if I wanted to make some changes.
I am very excited to confirm I will be at BAR. I wish to thank Ferrari for six fantastic years.
I believe to have been one of the rare drivers to have returned to Ferrari.
Women are like cars: we all want a Ferrari, sometimes want a pickup truck, and end up with a station wagon.
We’ve all seen those spoiled little brats that end up being given everything and on their 17th birthday get a Ferrari. That whole thing I just can’t bear it.
The red car, even before I knew it was called Ferrari, was my obsession.
If you put a Ferrari sticker on a toaster, it doesn’t go any faster.
Anyone who has the chance to drive for Ferrari will drive for Ferrari.
We at Ferrari are a small, dynamic company, and we show what Italy can do.
The Ferrari is exactly the same in the human context as the peacock’s tail is on the peacock.
I am proud to be part of Ferrari’s history.
I made my choice to be in Ferrari. It is not easy because it is important for a man to have satisfaction. And for me to get the satisfaction I want means getting results.
Once you’ve reached the highest level, you always want to get back there. It’s like, once you drive a Ferrari, you’re not satisfied driving a Honda anymore.
I’m hugely proud to be able to work with Ferrari – such a great team and huge amount of history, especially combined with my dad. I’m really proud to be able to be part of it. All our hearts are very red.
Jules Bianchi was my racing godfather, and he spoke a lot to Ferrari about me.
It’s super important that people use their significant buying power to pull companies like Ferrari and show them there is a market for sustainable fuel. So many other car companies would take notice if Ferrari made headway on this measure.
Marchionne has a clear vision of what F1 should represent for Ferrari, which is a purist sport that isn’t a shopping channel. I would strongly encourage the sport’s stakeholders not to provoke him.
I do give books as gifts sometimes, when people would rather have one than a new Ferrari.
At first, when I arrived at Ferrari, I was very intimidated by all the people there, by Ferrari itsel. This name is the biggest in motorsports.
I’ve driven Ferrari 488 GTB, the 488 Spider, the Mclaren 570s and 540c, the Bentley GT3R, GT Speed and V8s, Mercedes AMG GTs, Lamborghini Huracan, and many others.
When you buy me, you are buying a Ferrari. If you drive a Ferrari, you put premium petrol in the tank, you hit the motorway, and you step on the gas.
I’d just love to ride off into the sunset with my love. I’ve only seen the sunset so far. Maybe I can earn my own Ferrari so I can ride off in the sunset without anyone by my side.
At Ferrari they didn’t give me the space, and at Honda I had the space but I didn’t have the machinery.
It seemed like whenever I got a bona fide offer from Ferrari, I couldn’t do it. And vice versa – when I was ready, their seats were taken. We always had a relationship, but what’s important is that I pretty much started my F1 career with them and ended it there, too.
I look forward to fulfilling my dream in becoming a member of Scuderia Ferrari and having the Tifosi behind me every step of the way.
I think my passion is really more towards older cars, but I think if I said Ferrari or something like that, Id say their brands are really it. Whether its cars I own, probably Ferrari F40 or Porsche Carrera GT.
A lot of things happen in a difficult way inside Ferrari in terms of pressure.
I’d like to be remembered as an important component of the Ferrari team.
F1 needs Ferrari much more than Ferrari needs F1.
I don’t like being famous – it is like a prison. And driving for Ferrari would make it far worse.
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