Let’s say that hybrid culture was non-existent in Italy. But the Mercedes road cars, unlike Toyota road cars, were not remarkable in this respect. Rather a difference of anticipation and investment in the project at Mercedes in my opinion .
Because the people of Italy like the sounds of ICEs, revving to stratospheric RPMs; not silent torque monsters.
Mercedes didn´t have any hybrid culture either, but outsmarted the rest when writting the rules (and later outspended the rest to build the car, of course). Montezemolo shouldn´t blame the "hybrid culture", but himself.
Here is a pretty good article I personally agree coming from Luca. https://www.planetf1.com/news/ferrari-big-mistake-james-allison/
Camilleri: "Too many goodbyes in Ferrari. That's enough. We need stability" Image Unavailable, Please Login Camilleri, CEO of Ferrari, spoke to the New York Times about the difficult moment for the Red in F1, but also about the farewell of Vettel and the collateral sports programs to F1 that could include WEC or IndyCar, but not Formula E. Ferrari is going through a very complicated sporting phase due to the poor performance it is providing in Formula 1. The CEO of the Red team, Louis Camilleri, also spoke about this situation with an interview released in the last hours at the New York Times. Camilleri underlined without hesitation the difficult moment that Ferrari is going through, but, for the first time, he wanted to focus on what, in his opinion, are the real problems of the team and also on the solutions that will be implemented immediately. First step to restart: trust in Mattia Binotto and the current team. "Yes, we are in great difficulty, but I have complete faith in Mattia Binotto and his team. The results are not coming, but for some things it takes time. Unfortunately in the past there has been too much pressure and many people let go. There is. it was kind of a place with revolving doors. I'm putting an end to that situation. " "What Ferrari needs is stability and concentration. If we look at Red Bull's period of victories, at the current one of Mercedes, in addition to the talent they have one of the keys is stability, and, frankly, Ferrari in this respect. is lacking ". "If we look at Ferrari's past, at calibers like Jean Todt, Michael Schumacher and Ross Brawn, all of them took six years to start winning and capitalizing on the talent of an exceptional team. That's why I want to make sure that we is stability, although Ferrari is under incredible pressure, especially from the Italian media, which are sometimes brutal. They call for layoffs, but that is not the solution. This, however, does not mean that we do not plan to add new resources to the team. that we already have ". Goodbye Vettel, a difficult choice Camilleri also spoke of the choice - painful - that led Ferrari to decide not to renew Sebastian Vettel's contract and to embrace a new challenge by hiring the Spaniard Carlos Sainz Jr. "It was not an easy choice, but we thought about it a lot. Sebastian added a lot of value to Ferrari, but lately we have decided to think long term, about our future. We thought that joining Sainz and Leclerc was the best choice for the future. of Ferrari ". We think of other categories With the budget cap coming into force in a few months, Louis Camilleri confirmed Ferrari's intention to look at other categories as well. IndyCar and WEC above all. "We are studying IndyCar. It depends on the flexibility of the first regulation. We understand that they have tried to contain costs for the next seasons". What the Prancing Horse does not really care about is Formula E: "It's not very relevant to us. Too many things in Formula E are standard. We'd like to go into categories where we can stand out. In Formula E it's hard to understand where you can do it. difference". https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=https://it.motorsport.com/f1/news/camilleri-troppi-addii-in-ferrari-ora-basta-serve-stabilita/4868290/&prev=search&pto=aue
Just one more goodbye please, his! What has he done since he started? He should be the one lobbying with the FIA to stop other teams effectively making the rules
