S1 E6: Ferrari's 2005 disaster

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🗓️ 23 April 2020

⏱️ 60 minutes

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The dominance of Ferrari and Michael Schumacher came to an abrupt end in 2005, when rule changes caught the team out and left it struggling to get on the pace. Glenn Freeman is joined by Mark Hughes and Scott Mitchell to look back at the factors behind Ferrari's troubles, the key moments from the year, and to ask if someone else finally winning a championship in the 21st century was a good thing for F1. Did Ferrari know it would be in trouble when the last-minute rule changes were forced through for 2005? How did Ross Brawn used to fight these changes, and try to steer ideas more towards something Ferrari could work with? Why was the dominant F2004's concept unable to translate into a strong F2005? How did strong early showings in Bahrain, and famously at Imola, not translate into a better season? Was it all Bridgestone's fault or was there more to it? How was Ferrari's car and engine concept compromised? Should it have done more to avoid the Indianapolis '05 fiasco, or was it right to feel bitter towards rivals that had pushed for changes to knock it of its perch? Who did the Italian media try to pin the blame on for the F2005's failings, and did they have a point? Why were there flashes of speed from the car but never a consistent run of competitive performances? What caused Schumacher to finally crack and call out Bridgestone? And what did Ferrari and Bridgestone learn from the experience? Finally, how did Michelin feel when the tyre rules were changed back for 2006?

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0:00.0	How does a Formula One team go from producing one
0:09.0	one of the most dominant cars of all time to just a year later having a car that was lucky to win a single race?
0:15.0	That's the question we'll be answering on today's episode of Bring Back V10s
0:19.0	as we look at the fall of the Ferrari Empire of the 2000s,
0:23.0	when Michael Schumacher's streak of five consecutive World Championships was finally broken by Fernando Alonzo.
0:29.3	As always, with Bring Back V10s, we want to hear from you,
0:32.5	so let us know your thoughts and memories on the 2005 season,
0:36.2	and as we near the end of our first series,
0:38.6	keep sending your questions about this era to at We Are the Race on social media using the
0:43.2	hashtag bring back v10s and we'll get stuck into those questions in our series finale.
0:49.0	2005 was a fascinating year in F1 with lots going on and plenty of storylines we could get our teeth into.
0:55.4	But this episode isn't about the rise of Alonzo and Renault or whether Kimmy Reichen and
0:59.9	McLaren should have won the title. Today we are focusing purely on why things went so
1:05.2	badly for Ferrari in the space of one winter. I'm Glenn Freeman and joining me for our look back
1:10.7	today are two newcomers to bring back
1:12.4	V-10s, Mark Hughes and Scott Mitchell.
1:15.3	So we'll break you in with our traditional opening question.
1:18.4	Mark, when you think of Ferrari's 2005 season, what's the first thing that comes to mind?
1:23.6	First thing, I think, is when it first really started occurring to us that they were in serious problems and that was at the second race in Malaysia where Rubens Barrichello had to just stop because he had no tires left.
1:38.6	It was the only year of the single tire rule so you couldn't do a tire change during the race.
1:48.0	And he had to withdraw because there's simply no tire left and there was still something like 20 laps to go.
1:54.0	So that's when we first got a proper inkling that this really was going to be a problem season.
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