Ferrari could lead others out of F1, warns Sergio Marchionne

Ferrari could lead other Formula One groups into an elective title if the game turns out to be excessively similar to the US-based NASCAR arrangement however trust it doesn't end up like that, executive Sergio Marchionne has said. Addressing journalists at the Italian group's pre-Christmas lunch in Maranello, the Fiat Chrysler CEO said his past dangers to remove Ferrari from the game after 2020 ought not be messed with. 

He likewise reported a February 22 dispatch date for the group's 2018 auto and said Ferrari ought to challenge for the title in the wake of completing sprinters up to Mercedes this year. Marchionne said Liberty Media, the U.S.- based organization which assumed control Formula One in January and sidelined previous business supremo Bernie Ecclestone, was taking in the ropes.

He took issue, be that as it may, with the approach taken by previous Ferrari specialized chief Ross Brawn, the Formula One overseeing executive who won titles with his own Brawn GP in 2009 preceding filling in as Mercedes F1 group manager.

"The thing that most irritates me is that there is an accomplished man like Ross Brawn there who is searching for ways that conflict with the DNA of Formula One," the Gazzetta dello Sport site cited Marchionne as saying.

"Making autos all the same with more straightforward and less expensive motors resembles NASCAR, it doesn't intrigue us," he included. "We have to locate an adjusted answer for the future that fulfills everybody and I figure we will do it in time.

"Generally Ferrari will take off. On the off chance that they (doubters) think we are feigning, they are behaving recklessly."

A large portion of the Formula One groups have gets that terminate toward the finish of 2020 and Marchionne said Ferrari would have the capacity to leave.

"I believe that Ferrari has the quality to drag others also to an elective title," he included.

There have been comparable dangers in the past from Ferrari, before Marchionne's opportunity, with no of them coming to anything.

Marchionne is an altogether different character to previous Ferrari executive Luca di Montezemolo, notwithstanding, and Ecclestone told Reuters in November that he didn't think of it as a vacant risk.

The Gazzetta cited Marchionne as likewise saying Maserati could take after Alfa Romeo once again into Formula One in some limit, however not yet, while Fiat Chrysler (FCA) would have a nearness in some frame in the Formula E electric arrangement.

Alfa Romeo, some portion of the FCA stable, have collaborated with Swiss-based Sauber as title accomplices for 2018.