Ferrari F2007 Superiority

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Originally Posted by Garry Walker

My intelligence shown again.

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:rotflmao:

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Originally Posted by Garry Walker

Ferraris had 3 tenths over McLaren maximum at Melbourne, not more. Not nearly 1 second.


Because they DONT. I would love if Ferraris were 1,5 seconds per lap faster than any other car, but they simply dont have that now.



Did I get my view supported by todays race? I think so. My intelligence shown again.

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I admit here and on another thread earlier that I was not only over-optimistic about Ferrari, I was just plain wrong, at this course at least, that they have a superior race package!

You make so many claims, that being right on this one proves something I've known for a long time, which has nothing to do with your intelligence!
That is:
Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while!

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Originally Posted by Garry Walker

Ferraris had 3 tenths over McLaren maximum at Melbourne, not more. Not nearly 1 second.

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Where do you get 0.3s from :confused:

In qualifying Kimi was 0.4s quicker than a McLaren (the kind of gap you describe as being "decimated" elsewhere), and in the race he was 1.0s faster without ever being under pressure.

Perhaps you're basing your figure on Massa's pace in comparison with the McLaren rather than Kimi's ;)

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Originally Posted by eu

he was the one that had said the engine was fine before the race, wasn´t he? how about massa? what is his excuse? I'd say... poor strategy.

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Well, obviously he wasn't going to say to the competitors before the race that: "Come and collect, I'll be easily passable on straights, cause my rev limiter will be set to 18000."?

http://forums.motorsport.com/forums/...reply&p=240500

Both Baldisseri and Todt confirm that Kimis engine was compromised for the race even though Todt claims tht it caused only a one tenth of second loss per lap, which sounds very little. But it is not in the interest of Todt to give away everything, so its hard to say what the real difference was.

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Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1

Where do you get 0.3s from :confused:

In qualifying Kimi was 0.4s quicker than a McLaren (the kind of gap you describe as being "decimated" elsewhere), and in the race he was 1.0s faster without ever being under pressure.

Perhaps you're basing your figure on Massa's pace in comparison with the McLaren rather than Kimi's ;)

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But you need to look further than the fastest lap - I at first thought F2007 had 1 second over others aswell, but when you look at sector times, the true picture comes to light. Alonso had sector times very little off of Kimis pace, he just didnt put them together for one fast lap due to backmarkers (based on sector times his fastest lap would have been less than 3 tenths off of Kimis fastest). There was no 1 second gap between Ferrari and McLaren at Australia.

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Originally Posted by Garry Walker

There was no 1 second gap between Ferrari and McLaren at Australia.

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Sorry Garry, but there was. The fastest lap a Ferrari could produce in Australia was 1s faster than a McLaren. Fact.

It seems like the Ferrari's superiority in Australia was severely helped with the flexing floor, and the subsequent lower ride height advantage.

Let's see what happens next, although I don't expect much to change for next weekend.

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Originally Posted by jjanicke

It seems like the Ferrari's superiority in Australia was severely helped with the flexing floor, and the subsequent lower ride height advantage.

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There is a minimum ride height to be respected in the rules and they all use it. How would the flexing floor give a lower ride height?

In which direction did the floor move, up or down? If it moves downward, you get reduced ride height, minimum ride height has nothing to do with it. :)

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Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1

Where do you get 0.3s from :confused:

In qualifying Kimi was 0.4s quicker than a McLaren (the kind of gap you describe as being "decimated" elsewhere), and in the race he was 1.0s faster without ever being under pressure.

Perhaps you're basing your figure on Massa's pace in comparison with the McLaren rather than Kimi's ;)

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Yeas, because Kimi adds a few tenths to the pace of the car