Originally Posted by
Ophidian786
Firstly, thanks everybody for your very insightful posts, particularly Scuderiafan who always seems to have something interesting to say!
Our position at the moment seems very dire, and every Ferrari fan is clearly very upset, but lets look at the reality.
In 2012 we nearly won the championship, last year we struggled to beat the Bulls and the Macs and only won one race. There appeared to be a knee-jerk reaction in that Costa was immediately removed for being too 'conservative.' I thought this was a big mistake, not particularly for his talents, but because he had been with us and worked alongside the top dog (Bryne) during the dream team era. Then, having thought about Costa leaving on a 'mutual' basis, I thought this was not Ferrari sacking Costa, but Costa wanting to join his old buddies at Merc and perhaps face a new challenge, on the other hand Domincali would get his scape goat, hence the 'mutual agreement.'
Anyways, Ferrari said this would be the turning point, in that we would be more creative now. Again, my immediate reaction was, 'great, lets show Newey what we are made of'. Then again, what were the repercussions of being 'creative'? You have to take more risks right?
Ok, so we took the risks and started afresh this year. It could have presumably gone two ways, being proper effing fast, are failing terribly. From the very first test it was the latter, our exhaust was too creative, too much of a risk to use. So then we went to plan B. Which was never gonna be as good as Plan A, and that is where we are now.
Next steps? Try to modify Plan A concept to work and put on car asap. That is why this Mugello test is not just important, but vital to this season. And the turning point? The turning point HAS to be Spain. If our car is not fast there, or at least close to the front, that's it.
The question then is, what happens next? Are we to be a midfield team from now on?
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