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Ferrari: Simulators are a ‘joke'
Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo seems to be increasingly frustrated with the current state of Formula 1 these days. With criticisms over the Double-Points concept to this week's rant about simulators, Di Montezemolo is really putting pressure on the series.
The Italian team's head honcho has called for a summit at Maranello to discuss the future direction of the sport and this week he lashed out at the current practice of simulator use instead of actual testing.
'It is a joke,' said di Montezemolo. 'We have been forced to invest a huge amount of money in these terrible machines, artificial, instead of testing here [at Fiorano] and Mugello.
'If somebody has no money to do tests, it...
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