Australian GP 2014 Race thread

[Kyss4k]

It's race 1 of a new F1 era with many rule changes, have a little bit of patience maybe instead of from race 1 whining and crying about the team you are meant to be supporting.

Everyting I see and know doesn't fill me with hope. All is looking bad from what I can see.

Engine doesn't seem to be good. We were talking about the advantage we have by doing our own engine and still we are where we are. Red Bull without testing is ahead of us. We have state of the art wind tunnel but our aero is nothing to write songs about. Our reliability is not bulletproof as we had problems with both cars today and with Kimi's for the whole weekend.

Well, our pitstops seem to be still great.

[pluto]

no chance of beating mercedes this year. why cant we ever design a car like the mercedes or redbulls? like amateurs vs professionals. Oh well, maybe next year lol

[IulianFerrari]

Alonso got the 5th, it's the best he could have gotten. Kimi could have ended up 6th or 7th if it wasn't for that pit lane problem when he had to wait for Fernando's car to do the pit stop, but hey that's racing. Very poor from Ferrari, the drivers need a better car and soon ...

[bonzo]

wow, ONE of the Mercedes is really dominating....they seem to have done a really good job this year....even if if's just the first race...

if we KEEP CALM, we may do better in the next races....

In the next years

[mark p]

Double finish both cars had an issue from start costing time all race. Not brilliant but far from tragic. Loads of data and improved engine mapping with better reliability can mean huge gains over next few races. 34 seconds down here but 1st signs of improvement will be to see if Ferrari can close this gap consistently race by race which has not happened last few years.

Keep finishing getting points and improving pace and Ferrari will be well in there this year.

[Wildcat]

Pretty happy with the result considering our electrical problems and subsequent power disadvantage. Where would we have been without those problems...probably ahead of McLaren. Definitely on the podium. Really pleased for Ricciardo and a great debut for Magnussen and Kvyat.

What are those problems ? Will they be solved by Malaysia ?

[AfterLife]

If if and if what Ferrari said during the race that "both cars had electrical problem and they were not on full power" were right then pace wise we are ok.

[Alonso14]

somehow we all knew that....we were just comforting ourselves with THAT idea adn in the end, it BACKFIRED for us FANS....

oh, well....it's only the first race....we JUST NEED TO KEEP CALM....

I sent your CV to Stefano and...you're hired

[Golfsmith]

Ferrari engine department behind in this new era of F1 engine technology,hope they can rectify it soon and gave us two drivers something to make us proud again.

[mirafiori]

Fair play to Mercedes well done, for us today both cars scored points and apparently it was reported both cars carried electrical issue throughout the race, so our cars were running with less power, so we do have some positives and it is only the first race.

[Honzus]

Ferrari again just an average car, when we consider last few seasons, we can be almost sure, that this season, again, is lost. I have waited till the end of the race to comment, but everything seems so familiar to me, that Ive lost hope.

[Nick Singer]

Double finish both cars had an issue from start costing time all race. Not brilliant but far from tragic. Loads of data and improved engine mapping with better reliability can mean huge gains over next few races. 34 seconds down here but 1st signs of improvement will be to see if Ferrari can close this gap consistently race by race which has not happened last few years.

Keep finishing getting points and improving pace and Ferrari will be well in there this year.

Agree. Not too bad, particularly if we did have an electrical issue that cost pace.

[bonzo]

Ferrari engine department behind in this new era of F1 engine technology,hope they can rectify it soon and gave us two drivers something to make us proud again.

Engines already frozen, mate.

[tifosi1993]

Ferrari again just an average car, when we consider last few seasons, we can be almost sure, that this season, again, is lost. I have waited till the end of the race to comment, but everything seems so familiar to me, that I lost hope.

Well, you can regain your hope by supporting Mercedes.

[mirafiori]

no chance of beating mercedes this year. why cant we ever design a car like the mercedes or redbulls? like amateurs vs professionals. Oh well, maybe next year lol

Why do we let trolls on a Ferrari Forum.

[Ferrari312]

One thing for sure, for a car that spent 2 years in the making, it performed pretty disappointing.

Hope they'll get that electric problem fixed on Malaysia.

[Nero Horse]

Everyting I see and know doesn't fill me with hope. All is looking bad from what I can see.

Engine doesn't seem to be good. We were talking about the advantage we have by doing our own engine and still we are where we are. Red Bull without testing is ahead of us. We have state of the art wind tunnel but our aero is nothing to write songs about. Our reliability is not bulletproof as we had problems with both cars today and with Kimi's for the whole weekend.

Well, our pitstops seem to be still great.

For a guy who's claimed religion is Ferrari, you're always very quick to slate the team and say how bad and awful everything is.

[fronaldo]

Bar the mistake..Bottas might be on the podium

[Jose Lorca]

Once we were in clear air we matched McLaren and Red Bull. From what I saw today we have good downforce but poor straight line speed (which imo was as a result of the electric problems that left us down on power). Alonso could easily follow Hulk through the corners but couldnt get close on the straights. Kimi also struggled on the straights against the Toro Rosso.

[pluto]

Why do we let trolls on a Ferrari Forum.

the truth is trolling?

[Alonso14]

Man, Danny Ricciardo is so much more likable than Vettel. Go get him, Danny Boy .. He just said "trippin' balls" on the podium

Thanks to Stefano for playing an active part in turning us into a mediocre team.

[IulianFerrari]

Bar the mistake..Bottas might be on the podium

Looking at that pace he would have been 2nd in my opinion.

[stefa]

What kind of EL. problem did we have?

[Laferrari]

Championship is over...mercedes is on different league.extremely fast.good driver so we can t catch them.
This race was boring ....extremely boring.Save fuel save fuel .... that s not F1 racing...it s like lemans racing .
Alonso did a great job...kimi was ok but he struggles with the car actually.I hope the scuderia will improve his car because he has done more mistake than he did normally.
The big big disappointment is the ENGINE, he is not on the same level than the mercedes....but also from RENAULT!!!!!! Ers problem....Montezemolo has ask some change for the formula 1 about the biggest part od aero but now we suck with the engine .I know everyone is working hard on the engine in maranello but i hope is not a structure problem because of that we can t do anything about it.If it s a problem with the software i hope an upgrade soon.
We are behind mercedes, mclaren,redbull,williams.It s a lot and we can t speculate about a retire from hamilton vettel massa every GP.
Great pitstop for raikkonen 2.2!the mechanic are the best part right now in the Scuderia F1 team.

[Kyss4k]

For a guy who's claimed religion is Ferrari, you're always very quick to slate the team and say how bad and awful everything is.

Ferrari is my religion. That's why I am sad about what I see. And I am not saying what I am saying without a reason. I want to see something bright about our situation, but I can't find one.

[Honzus]

Well, you can regain your hope by supporting Mercedes.

Why? Are you just troll or some idealist who cannot see reality? OMG

[wacc]

The new goals for Ferrari:

fighting for the podiums by China - Spain
fighting for the wins by Great Britain or if it is not to be than after the summer break.

[Kyss4k]

Man, Danny Ricciardo is so much more likable than Vettel. Go get him, Danny Boy .. He just said "trippin' balls" on the podium

Thanks to Stefano for playing an active part in turning us into a mediocre team.

I remember people back in 2009 were saying simmilar things about Vettel

[stefa]

Championship is over...mercedes is on different league.extremely fast.good driver so we can t catch them.

You are not serious? Right?

[LivingHitokiri]

Guys, i am frustrated and disappointed as many in here but there is no reason to give up already, it IS THE FIRST RACE OF THE YEAR.
Our drivers had both problems with their cars, they got unlucky with Safety car and yet they managed to finish in points, is it good ? ofc not but its not all doom for us.
If we manage to do this pace with problems i can only hope to see our performance when we are on good situation,where car works as they should we can figth again for wins.

Dont give up folks, we went over some crazy stuff in the past and we got rewarded in the end, the season is long so keep supporting, WE GOT THIS.