It was the heat!! Caused a rush of blood at the wrong time.
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It was the heat!! Caused a rush of blood at the wrong time.
Methinks they're missing the Brawn / Todt / Schumacher dream team. Such basic errors would have been unforgivable a few years ago.
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Originally Posted by F1boat
Last year, I had the feeling they were running on past momentum from the years of MS, brawn and Todt...running out of fuel in Qing and so forth such that their day in the sun was beginning to fade, then at the end of last year, they appearred to catch up [or was it Mac choking up...so that they did not catch up, but Mac simply slowed down]Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Brockman
This first race, a fast car but otherwise a disorganized mess....will it get better or will it continue to slide down hill? Right now, it don't look that good--although when it ran the car seemed to be fine. But it is the little things that really matter....
Ferrari's reliability problem may be relatively minor, as it appears it may only be a fuel delivery problem.
Ferrari proper did not have an engine failure. Some poor, yet difficult decisions were made.
Some of the more critical ones would not have presented themselves if Kimi had been able to participate in Q3.
Their ability to run well and long on tyres (especially soft) will be an advantage.
But it was a bit of a disadvantage this race as Kimi will probably not be in too many situations
where he feels the need to pass a McLaren on fresh tyres with a Ferrari on the softer compound,
with a half a race on them!
Massa was quite impressive... he did manage to cause another accident... or was it somebody's else fault as usual? keep up the good work Felipe and don't forget to whine a bit too...Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
Ferrari need to address the reliability issues first and foremost but with only a week between races they won't have the time. Ferrari will have to hope the car holds together in Sepang.
I don't think Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen will make the same mistakes in Malaysia.
Bash!!!! bye bye Coulthard!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
You are right on that, expect to see more the same in coming "hot" GPs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Valve Bounce
I wouldn't worry too much, Ferrari have had a pretty shakey first half of the previous two seasons but have still challenged the title to the end, winning it last year. It's just one race.
We didn't get a proper view about Ferrari's race pace, especially compared to main contenders as BMW and McLaren.
It's harsh to say, but Ferrari was the worst team of the weekend! They lacked in every area. Poor strategy, poor reliability, poor perfomance by drivers. It's even hard to believe that this is the same team, who was expected to dominate this year. :p :
Surely they shouldn't be written off, but what's obvious - there's no Ferrari-domination!