Is Driving for Ferrari the Dream of Every F1 Racer?

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Published: August 2, 2014

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Time for a quick word association game: What pops into your head when you think of Ferrari?

Do you picture the tifosi, with their red caps and flags, standing proudly on the spectator banking of the world's Formula One circuits? Do you imagine the podium at Monza, gleaming in the September sunshine, surrounded by thousands of track invaders?



Perhaps the very mention of Ferrari takes you back to an afternoon spent marvelling at the team making a mockery of their opposition.

Or do you just see two red cars blending into the crowd of the starting grid? Two red cars representing just another team. Just another team.



However you respond to the thought of the F-word arguably reveals more about you than the team; it separates the sporting romanticists from the pragmatists. 

And Daniel Ricciardo, it seems, is a member of the latter group.

The Red Bull driver, who conquered Ferrari by passing Fernando Alonso with just three laps remaining to win last weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix, has ridiculed the notion that appearing for the Prancing Horse is a primary goal of any Formula One driver's career.

The 25-year-old was quoted by The F1 Times as telling Italian publication Gazzeta dello Sport: 

To be honest I think this is just a cliche.

For sure some drivers have this dream, but I think it's related to the fact that their parents loved Ferrari for its great history and cultural heritage.

Ricciardo's opinion on the Ferrari fascination is more noteworthy than any other current driver; the Australian, due to his background [his father was born in Sicily], is the closest to an Italian representative on the grid since the Pescara-born Jarno Trulli departed Caterham at the beginning of the 2012 season. 



That a driver with Italian roots has admitted to having little emotional affiliation with t...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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