+1.675 off the pace at the end of day 1.
+1.675 off the pace at the end of day 1.
~FORZA FERRARI~
Everyone says that about Free Practice... And yet last year the person who usually topped FP got Pole and Won the race.. And we qualified around where are FP positions were.... Soooooo....
Well, the news coming from Jerez, last year was not the best, so my expectations were low, but i'm a positive person by nature, so every year i like to think Ferrari will take the title(s).
And 2 out of the last 3 year it took until the last race, to accept defeat.
Difference from 2012 is that the first signs are encouraging now.
Dr Ferdinand Porsche:" Nuvolari is the greatest driver of the past, the present, and the future".
Enzo Ferrari once drove with him and recalled even on bends "he never took his foot from the accelerator".
This aint FP, not a race weekend, where we have to work on the setup. Car is also far from where it's gonna be at Australia. Numerious years have showed that preseason test times show not only nothing, but rather oftenly the opposite. The only way you could see how's everyone doing, is by being there and seeing how the car goes around the corners. So far, everyone who is there said nothing but good things about our car, it being planted well on the track. Last year we pulled 1st, 2nd place flyers here, but we heard talks about how it looked bad on the track and it turned out to be so.
tedkravitz Ted Kravitz 17s
Good news Ferrari fans.. Felipe says the car is a 'good balanced base' - a 'huge difference to last year' pic.twitter.com/5dPrOgwx
there ya go
Dr Ferdinand Porsche:" Nuvolari is the greatest driver of the past, the present, and the future".
Enzo Ferrari once drove with him and recalled even on bends "he never took his foot from the accelerator".
Practice times are relevant; but their relevance is different if we are talking FP1 on a Friday before a race or the first day of getting the cars out during the winter test!
It would have been better to see Massa up front, but let's wait till Friday before we start making any predictions.
I think tomorrow Felipe will put his foot down more...
Racing is life and life is a risk - Michael schumacher
One more:
Adam Cooper @adamcooperf1
#F12 Crucially Ferrari is well ahead of where it was this time last year - "a completely different planet," said @Felipe1Massa
So far it sounds good.
jesus how many same quotes will you post today ? :D it was good today , looking forward for the next days
Allow me please to applause the guys that believe the car is some sort of a failure again or slow!
C'mon! Don't be funny.
As to the test, very glad to hear positive impressions about the car from different people. It's one thing when one person says smth., and a completely different one when you hear that from more.
I'll very calmly follow the rest of the tests as I'm hell sure they know very well what they're doing. So, to those that are worrying about the off-pace result from today, stay calm and Forza Ferrari!
Ferrari per sempre !
Generally I don't like to read much into the first day of testing, but the tone from the team and track observers seems to be much more positive than it was last year which is definitely a good sign....
Any truth to the rumours that the Ferrari was designed in Toyota's second, older, wind tunnel as the newer one was being used only by McLaren?
Rest in Peace Leza, you were a true warrior...
Massa: 2013 Ferrari a different world compared to poor '12 car
Felipe Massa says Ferrari is on a 'different planet' compared to the difficult situation it found itself in during pre-season Formula 1 testing last year, after getting his first impressions of the new F138 at Jerez on Tuesday.
The Brazilian ended the day sixth on the timesheets, but was not too worried about the lap times, because most importantly Ferrari had banished the prospect of a repeat of 2012's opening test nightmare.
"I think if you compare to last year it is a completely different planet," said Massa, when asked by AUTOSPORT about how his first day's running with the new car compared to 12 months ago.
"Last year I remember we were struggling a lot to drive the car. It was tricky to keep the car on the track, so this year the base on the car is completely different to last year.
"The car is much more balanced. I felt a good direction on the rear of the car as well, with traction. This is a track that is very difficult on the rear, degradation is very high. I would say that the difference to last year is huge."
Massa said early issues with the F138 have cropped up - like the need to improve cooling in the cockpit - but there were no alarm bells ringing about significant performance problems.
"I don't think it is a difficult thing to fix," he said. "I am not disappointed definitely.
"The 1m18.8s [lap time of Jenson Button] is an incredible time definitely, but the 1m19.7s [of second fastest Mark Webber] I don't think is.
"If you look at the first day, looking at how we ran, how we drove and the direction we had for the first day, I am not really disappointed.
"There is a lot to do, a lot to work on, a lot to develop on the car for the first race. That is clear. But I am not disappointed."
Lucky world champion bashing Ferrari. Old fool.Originally Posted by Ben Edwards
Circuit: Jerez circuit – 4.428 km
Driver: Felipe Massa
Car: Ferrari F138
Weather: air temperature 7/22 °C, track temperature 6/27 °C. Sunny.
http://www.ferrari.com/english/formu...-the-f138.aspx
Jerez Test Session - Debut of the F138
Maranello, 5 February - First day of testing in 2013 for Scuderia Ferrari, as the F138 made its debut with Felipe Massa at the wheel.
The entire day was given over almost entirely to acquiring data relating to the behaviour of the new car: Felipe completed a total of 64 laps, the quickest in a time of 1.20.536.
Testing continues at this circuit tomorrow, again with the Brazilian driving.
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