[zdoppiklonikaa]

The man went for his dream.

Who can question that?

Well that sums it up nicely; if someone knocked on my door tomorrow and asked me to come out of retirement to drive for Williams (if you're reading Frank ) I'd bite their arms off.

[AnriXuinriZ]

The man went for his dream.

Who can question that?

I can, especially when it turns into a 'guilded cage'. All the trappings, but still a cage. Basically, he's not going anywhere. And, looking at the driver line-up for next season, there is no expectation of moving back into a race seat.

Welcome to Luca Badoer's world of 'Formula Solo'.

[boiffrona]

I can, especially when it turns into a 'guilded cage'. All the trappings, but still a cage. Basically, he's not going anywhere. And, looking at the driver line-up for next season, there is no expectation of moving back into a race seat.

Welcome to Luca Badoer's world of 'Formula Solo'.

Let me rephrase:

Fisi won races before.

He'd never driven for Ferrari before.

End of.

[DP5Ups8o]

"why would anyone (unless he's winding down his career) change from being a race driver in a competitive car to being a test driver, Ferrari or not"

You answered your own question. He is old. His driving career is pretty much over. He gets to run a few races in a Ferrari. He gets to be the third driver for a few years and make some coin. And you never know, Fred or Massa could get hurt.

[Arrocousa]

Is he officially the "3rd driver", or the "test driver"? I've seen both refered to in this thread and to me there is a difference.

My deffinitions would be:

- Third driver implies a race seat if something happens to driver #1 or #2.

- Test driver means if something happens to driver #1 or #2 the team may be looking elsewhere to fill the vacancy.

If this is correct, 3rd driver doesn't sound too bad, given the uncertainty of Massa.

Either way though, he's fulfilling a dream so good for him.

[wmtravelservice]

This is a good move by Fisi.

Let's be honest with ourselves. The best of his years are now behind him and now he has to look forward to a nice paycheck and hanging around the F1 paddock. I don't think Fisi can race anywhere near as hard as any of the top F1 drivers, so being a reserve driver for Ferrari isn't such a bad gig.