- 11 May 09, 16:33#116403
Ferrari looked promising at the beginning of this weekend, but finished poorly in my eyes.
I know Ferrari claimed they were stirring up their management team so as not to continue making tactical errors, but it seems to me they are still headed in the wrong direction. For the second time this year they failed to get a car out of Q1 for lack of effort, and the one car that was doing well in the race was once again hampered by a stupid call during a pit stop. I'm not sure who's calling the race strategy for Ferrari but "short fueling" Massa's car was almost as bad as putting Wet tires on Kimi's car on a dry track.
The Massa situation was made worse by the fact that they couldn't seem to change their strategy fast enough to limit the damage caused by their pit stop error. In the radio transmissions during the closing laps of the race Ferrari were telling Massa to conserve fuel with Vetel charging from behind, Massa in turn was asking if he should let Vettel go, and it seemed to take a few laps before they gave him an answer. If they knew they were short on fuel why did they keep Massa fighting with Vettel for so many laps? Massa should have let Vettel go earlier so he could have kept up a slightly faster pace, to avoid losing another spot to Alonso.
Ferrari to me is looking like the old Ferrari from the pre Braun/Schumacher days, That last big slump lasted 15 years could Ferrari be headed into a 15 year slump again?
I know Ferrari claimed they were stirring up their management team so as not to continue making tactical errors, but it seems to me they are still headed in the wrong direction. For the second time this year they failed to get a car out of Q1 for lack of effort, and the one car that was doing well in the race was once again hampered by a stupid call during a pit stop. I'm not sure who's calling the race strategy for Ferrari but "short fueling" Massa's car was almost as bad as putting Wet tires on Kimi's car on a dry track.
The Massa situation was made worse by the fact that they couldn't seem to change their strategy fast enough to limit the damage caused by their pit stop error. In the radio transmissions during the closing laps of the race Ferrari were telling Massa to conserve fuel with Vetel charging from behind, Massa in turn was asking if he should let Vettel go, and it seemed to take a few laps before they gave him an answer. If they knew they were short on fuel why did they keep Massa fighting with Vettel for so many laps? Massa should have let Vettel go earlier so he could have kept up a slightly faster pace, to avoid losing another spot to Alonso.
Ferrari to me is looking like the old Ferrari from the pre Braun/Schumacher days, That last big slump lasted 15 years could Ferrari be headed into a 15 year slump again?
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