MOT: Ferrari set to come of age

From: AAP Sports News (Australia) | Date: October 4, 2000 | Copyright information


AAP Sports News (Australia)

10-04-2000

MOT: Ferrari set to come of age

By Ian Keresey

LONDON, Oct 4 Reuters - Ferrari's agonising 21-year wait for a world drivers' championship
could end on the fast and demanding Suzuka circuit in Japan on Sunday.

The team's destiny lies in the gifted hands of Michael Schumacher.

He was regarded as something of a mercenary by Ferrari's fanatical fans when he joined
from Benetton in...

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