Fisi is known to deal well with difficult cars, so I'm not sure about this. It's just that when 20 cars are within 1 - 1.5 seconds being 0.5 of the pace means you get no points at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by truefan72
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Fisi is known to deal well with difficult cars, so I'm not sure about this. It's just that when 20 cars are within 1 - 1.5 seconds being 0.5 of the pace means you get no points at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by truefan72
I hear you but badoer was simply not competent while fisi seemed just happy to be there initially and by the time his "awe shucks" faze ended, he simply could not step up his game and adapt to this car.Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
To me it just makes Kobayashi that more impressive...and I dare say he might have done a much better job in that Ferrari, while gaining a huge publicity of Ferrari at the same time. Anyway hindsight is 20:20 and I will admit that at the time i thought Fisi would bring that car into the points more often than not.
Maybe the pressure of an Italian driving the Ferrari and expected to podium that car might have been too much to handle. and then Monza being his first race? It might have been all too much for him.
Driving these cars - and I am not excusing either Badoer or Fisichella - became significantly more complex because of the control tyres.
I am not familiar with the Ferrari drivers driving preferences as I am with how Jense likes his cars, but the error was Ferrari management.
It is clear that Fisichella is no slouch in a car that suits him and if he is the mood on the day. But the car was developed to the style of Massa rather than Raikkonen and it showed when the Brazilian was no longer there - the car began to trend towards Kimi.
But then following Spa development was effectively stopped.
So I think Ferrari ought to have selected a driver whose driving preference matched Massa's closely rather than the traditional back-up driver.
Fisichella ought to have been withdrawn from Yas Marina in disgrace. Last on the grid and over 1.5 seconds slower than Kimi. Not acceptable. Worst Ferrari driver ever in my view!
Saint, I think Ferrari knew that their car was so bad to the point that nothing could be salvaged this season.
Badoer was bad, so they took Fisi.
They wanted an italian guy in the seat. At the end of the day it didn't really matter too much who he was. Their only fault here was not getting a young guy and giving him a chance.
Driving style aside it just shows how talented a driver Kimi is.
Would have been interesting to see how close it would have been if Ferrari had Massa driving all season. Losing him was a big blow to their constructor amibitions. They did well without him considering.
WoW it is really great being the 2nd loser instead of the 3rd loser. But I do think something was learned here. It appears that you can't just hop into a car and immediately match the experience driver. I think some cars are more drivable than others. The Ferrari seems to be a difficult child. It was probably part of MS's decision not to return. I think he learned in the test that he would be pretty far back of Kimi should he return. With the difficulty of the drivability of the car I can understand dumping Kimi for Alonso.