Quote Originally Posted by Nitrodaze View Post
I was referring to the smaller teams. Ferrari probably designed into farrow where the platform had a narrow window of setups which were not usable at all tracks. Engine-wise, they were there about the Mercedes.
Well, they certainly closed the gap to Mercedes engine wise but I wouldn't say they were there with them. Seb still ended up 20 seconds down the road from a cruising Nico Rosberg in a very much Engine dependent Monza. Ferrari have the same old problem they have always had except in the Schumacher era. They will nearly get there but never quite there. I will be gobsmacked if they are ahead of either Mercedes or RBR next year. Ratatouille needs to go. I don't like the comments he made about Vettel during the year. I may not be a huge fan of Vettel's but any driver that works as hard as he does and wants to move the team forward deservers credit and not criticism from the team boss. There are plenty of drivers whom are just happy to show up at race weekends and do something else for two weeks e.g. Lewis Hamilton. A hard working driver like Vettel that wants to integrate himself into the team and push everyone forward deserves support. I find it odd that Ratatouille criticized him for this and didn't criticize him for the one think he should have i.e. his behavior in Mexico.

Ferrari are in a bit of disarray and it looks unlikely that will stop any time soon with the current management structure. I wouldn't be surprised if Williams or another team over takes them either next year.