Following the disaster of the Australian Grand Prix, first round of the 2011 World Formula 1, and thus theater of the impotence of the Scuderia Ferrari with respect to its main rival, Pat Fry speaking on microphone BBC.
So he gives his personal opinion on the causes that led to this dismal failure! According to him the two main causes are the mentality of the team and the level of Felipe Massa.
"The team must change its approach to the design of the car, Formula 1 does could make a lot of miles in testing, we focused more of our program this winter on the reliability putting aside performance, this which is not good compromise, we are no longer in the 2000s, Ferrari must learn to win. " Describes the English engineer, strengthened by its long experience at McLaren.
He also referred the matter is debated Felipe Massa: "Felipe [Massa] is no longer the standard to be Formula 1 driver, it lacks the specifically technical aspect."
The question deserves this place, Massa has his place? In Australia it has resisted for several laps Jenson Button, while McLaren was much faster than him, but Alonso was also, he did not, moreover, insisted he and Alonso missed the next turn.
We also note that he is the author of the best race lap, but always in circumstances that can not afford to be totally sure of its performance, having been the last to go on new tires for the end of race, and therefore with little gasoline, and it is still too early to tell, it plays heavily on this time or not.
Nevertheless, it remains crucial to note that since the departure of Schumacher, Massa and Raikkonen were the directors as to the red team, the 2007 season but was of little success, 2008 marred by reliability problems, 2009, a car completely missed, and with the arrival of Fernando Alonso in 2010 the car was fast, but it is too early to judge the level of 150 ° Italia, so it's a case to follow.
We conclude our statement-investigation so we do not know the performance level of the car, it will be the Malaysian Grand Prix, but it is certain that we should not expect that deadline to find a delicate atmosphere exists within the team from Maranello.
Posted by: Alexander Sterl
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