Too be honest not far from actual truth...Originally Posted by Senna4Ever
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The weather forecast for Sunday is rain......is it good for us given our current situation ? I'm not even sure anymore.
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yeah but ... the headline: "Williams made better progress" would hit the truth a bit more ...
we were falling behind not because our development is going backwards (which the headline implies) ... its Williams made big step at the last circuit layouts ...
Hungary might look different ... Merc Power won't play that important role like Hockenheim, Silverstone ...
In Budapest you need traction ... And I won't be a big surprise for me if RB will play a very big role there ... as they again have monster of traction ... and very well balanced and stable while braking too ...
maybe we get the position back from Williams ... right before the summer ... as traction isn't really their home ground yet ...
"If I was driving for Red Bull [from 2008] probably I would have more championships, but because they were dominating between 2010 and 2014 probably I would never have driven for Ferrari. I am very happy and very proud to drive for Ferrari, all my time there.
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Rain and hotter conditions seems bad for f14t.but the cool temp after rain is good for scuderia.so a race and qualifying after rain is what i hope so
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Hungarian GP – Pat Fry: “A great challenge”
Pat Fry: “The Hungaroring always presents a major challenge for drivers and also engineers, especially during free practice. All the teams know this track lacks grip and, especially on Friday, one has to adapt to the gradually improving conditions, as the rubber gets put down on the surface. Today, because of instability that seemed to affect other cars as well as ours, we had to pay particular attention to set-up, trying to improve the balance at the entry and exit to the corners. This track is very demanding on the aerodynamic front and today’s high temperatures had a significant effect on tyre behaviour, although it’s due to get cooler for the rest of the weekend.
The lap is particularly short and will make managing the ERS system very interesting during the race and this is an area where we are learning a lot race after race. The performance level over short and long runs are similar to those seen in recent races and it looks like being a very tough weekend. Overtaking opportunities are strictly limited and so, more than elsewhere, you need to get the best possible result in qualifying.”
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Fernando Alonso: “Be well prepared”
Fernando Alonso: “Going from one race to the next doesn’t usually involve many changes, but here, unlike what usually happens on a Friday, we had to work a lot on the set-up, to try and adapt the car to the circuit, the tyres and the high temperatures. So there was rather more work than usual, but it produced results and we improved run after run. Sure, there’s still a lot to do to be as competitive as we’d like, but I think we’re on the right road.
There’s less grip here than in previous years, but it’s the same for everyone and now we have to try and prepare the car as well as possible for qualifying and the race.
High temperatures like those we saw today are always challenging for the tyres, but the forecast is for cooler conditions from tomorrow and maybe rain on Sunday, so we have to be ready for every eventuality.”
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Kimi Raikkonen: “Evaluate every detail”
Kimi Raikkonen: “In the first free practice session, we managed to do a good job, testing various solutions on the programme and I was feeling reasonably pleased with the handling of the car. Then, in the afternoon, I went out for a second run on the Medium tyres, because the behaviour of this compound seemed worse as the temperature went up and that affected the handling of the car, while on the Soft I had no problems.
In the second part of the session I did a race simulation with both compounds: unfortunately when I fitted the Mediums I had a problem with the left rear and I had to pit earlier than planned. The telemetry didn’t show any problem on the car, so I hope that the data will point us in the right direction for the next two days.”
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Nice photos Rob
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Why is Alonso's neck bandaged up?
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This is where his samurai tattoo is! When he needs his samurai power he just takes off the bandage and voila,he is fifth at the end of the race!
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Who say's Alonsos not into high tech! Forget about wind tunnels !
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huh?
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It adds little extra support to the neck muscles, i use same sort of support on my shoulder muscles at moment in the gym.
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Hungarian GP – Pat Fry: “Looking for redemption”
Pat Fry: “Mixed fortunes for our team in today’s qualifying, with our drivers ending up no less than twelve places apart. In the first part, the fact that Maldonado and Hamilton were out led us to keep both cars in the garage, banking on the times set with the Medium tyres. With Fernando this worked, but unfortunately, with Kimi we were caught out by the evolution of the track. It’s very disappointing not to have got through with him because he’s been going better this weekend. Clearly tomorrow he will be on the attack: on this track, it’s not easy to move up the order because of the traffic, but our race pace is good and we will do all we can to turn things around. In the second part of qualifying, the track continued to improve and Fernando got into Q3 easily enough.
In the end, when the rain came, we decided to go out immediately, but then it was impossible to finish the lap. The hot track dried out very quickly but, concerned it might rain again, we decided to go out on track earlier than planned and Fernando ended up fifth. Rain is forecast for tomorrow which means it is even harder to make predictions, but whatever the weather we must try and get Kimi back up into the points and to get a good haul with Fernando.”
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Fernando Alonso: “We will see tomorrow”
Fernando Alonso: “After a chaotic qualifying like today’s, you always think you could have done better. But if you then analyse everything that happened, finishing fifth is a good result, because we made the most of every opportunity that came our way.
Getting to start on the clean side of the track is very important as it gives you a chance to make up places at the start and to race with the leaders. The rain expected for tomorrow definitely has an effect on strategy: so far, in the hot and dry conditions, there was talk of two or three stops, but tomorrow everything changes.
Both Kimi and I need to score points for the team, because we want to get back the third place in the Constructors’ championship that we lost last weekend. Even starting far back, a good strategy could help us reach that goal.”
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Kimi Raikkonen: “Looking ahead”
Kimi Raikkonen: “I am very disappointed with the outcome of qualifying, especially because this weekend I was going well and had a good feeling from the car. After the first run on the Medium tyres the team told me that my time should be good enough to get me through to the next part and so we decided to take a risk and not go out for a second run on the softer compound. Unfortunately, it didn’t pay off and I couldn’t get past Q1.
It’s going to be difficult, because there’s not much chance of overtaking here at the Hungaroring. We definitely made a mistake, but now I only want to look ahead. Tomorrow, even if it will be tough, we will do our best to try and move up the order.”
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Alonso targeting third place by end of first lap
Fernando Alonso is targeting a move up to third place by the end of the first lap of the Hungarian Grand Prix after qualifying fifth on Sunday.
Alonso was fifth fastest in a damp final qualifying session and will start the race behind Daniel Ricciardo, Valtteri Bottas, Sebastian Vettel and Nico Rosberg. Alonso's target is to regain third place in the constructors' championship for Ferrari by beating the Williamses, but says he needs a good start to make it work.
"I'm P5 and I don't think we could beat the guys in front [in qualifying]," he said. "Probably if you go a little bit later with the track a little bit drier you could gain something, but we are talking about one or two tenths and position four is 0.6s in front of me.
"We take some opportunities that arrive to us and we start on the clean side, which normally is very important. I expect a strong start and hopefully gain some positions to be P4 or P3 by the end of the first lap. That will give us a good chance."
Alonso said Ferrari is capable of racing Williams but will struggle to make ground on Red Bull this weekend.
"We need to score points for the team, recover this third position in the constructors' championship if we can. We lost it with Williams in the last race and tomorrow we have one Williams in front and one behind. I have to try to finish in front of both if possible and I'm sure with Kimi also we will try to the best we can and finish in the points. If it's wet that could also help because even if you start at the back, if you make the right tyre choice when it's damp and you put the dry tyres one lap early you can gain 20 seconds.
"It opens opportunities to gain some places and put both Ferraris in the points - and hopefully in front of both Williams - then that third place, we should get it back. With Red Bull it is more difficult because they are 60 or 70 points ahead, they are strong here, but we need to keep scoring points because at other circuits - Spa or Monza or wherever they can struggle a bit more and we can get an advantage there. There is a long way in the championship and tomorrow is first opportunity to recover some points."
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Hungarian Grand Prix: Alonso: Mercedes ‘not our war’
Fernando Alonso says he doesn't take any hope from Mercedes' recent reliability issues because Ferrari's performance deficit is so great.
Lewis Hamilton failed to set a time during qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix as a fuel leak caused a fire at the rear of the car, meaning he will start the race from the pit lane. With that failure coming after retirements in Canada and Silverstone, as well as a brake failure for Hamilton in qualifying at Hockenheim, Alonso was asked if Ferrari saw it as a weak point for Mercedes but said he wasn't concerned by the championship leaders' plight.
“Obviously this is a coincidence that at the last couple of races Mercedes has some problems,” Alonso said. “It's not our war at the moment, we are not competing against Mercedes this year unfortunately. Our targets are a little bit lower and the second place in the constructors' championship or even the third place is a more realistic target.
“For that, Mercedes does not change too much our race situation. We see tomorrow if [Hamilton] can come back in podium positions. In Germany he started 20th and he could have finished second with a normal race and at the back we will see if he can get a podium or not. That will be interesting for you to see and we will see if we meet him during the race. We will, but when, we will see.”
And Alonso said the focus would be on trying to beat Williams and Red Bull in the race, hoping that Kimi Raikkonen could climb through the field after dropping out in Q1.
“We need to score points for the team, recover this third position in the constructors' championship if we can. We lost it with Williams in the last race and tomorrow we have one Williams in front and one behind. I have to try to finish in front of both if possible and I'm sure with Kimi also we will try to the best we can and finish in the points.
“If it's wet that could also help because even if you start at the back, if you make the right tyre choice when it's damp and you put the dry tyres one lap early you can gain 20 seconds. It opens opportunities to gain some places and put both Ferraris in the points – and hopefully in front of both Williams – then that third place, we should get it back.
“With Red Bull it is more difficult because they are 60 or 70 points ahead, they are strong here, but we need to keep scoring points because at other circuits – Spa or Monza or wherever they can struggle a bit more and we can get an advantage there. There is a long way in the championship and tomorrow is the first opportunity to recover some points.”
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Hungarian GP – Marco Mattiacci: “A starting point”.
Marco Mattiacci: “It was a great race and very pleasing to see our team fight back from an extremely complicated Saturday. Kimi and Fernando demonstrated just what they are capable of and the whole team was up to the task. However, this result is just a step on a journey which started a few months ago. Fernando’s second place is a confidence booster and a sign that the major effort everyone is making to bring Ferrari back to the top is moving in the right direction, however we have to be realistic about it. Here, the weather and the track conditions leveled out the performance differences and that’s why we must not delude ourselves. Now we must just go back home, set on always doing better.”
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Fernando Alonso: “Everything is possible”
Fernando Alonso: “This podium means a lot to me and the whole team, because after so many difficult races, we managed to get the most out of everything, also taking a few risks and second place seems like a win. To do 31 laps at the end on used Soft tyres was a great challenge. At that point, the strategy suggested that if we had made a third stop, we could have finished fourth, but we decided to run to the flag instead. This race shows that anything is possible when there are unusual conditions like today, with a wet start and the appearance of the Safety Car. We managed to make the most of all opportunities that presented themselves, taking the best decisions even at the most difficult moments. Sure, the characteristics of the circuit, with its limited overtaking opportunities, helped us and that’s why we have to be realistic and continue to work on the car, to improve in all aspects.”
- See more at: http://formula1.ferrari.com/news/hun....Vczd2WkQ.dpuf
Kimi Raikkonen: “A team result”
Kimi Raikkonen: “Today’s race was difficult, but much more fun than the others, as I had a good feeling with the car, the pace was good and I felt I could push. After the way qualifying went yesterday, sixth was the most we could hope for. At the start, I got away well but then I lost vital time behind a Sauber and when I caught Massa’s Williams, I couldn’t get past: here in general, overtaking is not easy and we lack speed down the straights. Sure, this is a good team result, but we must not get too excited, because even if there are signs of improvement, we still have much work to do in a lot of areas to get to where we want to be. We’ve had a very complicated start to the season, but I hope the second part of the championship will go better. I have great faith in the team and I feel we are going in the right direction. Even if it’s going to take some time, I’m sure the results will come.”
- See more at: http://formula1.ferrari.com/news/hun....NeOwxwGb.dpuf
Pat Fry: “Ability to react”
Pat Fry: “After mixed fortunes in qualifying yesterday, today the team showed it could react extremely well and keep a cool head when faced with the variable situations that arose during the race. It’s never easy in cases like this, with rain at the start, the Safety Car, having to avoid traffic and especially with having to keep faster cars behind us, but the team performed very competently. The F14 T demonstrated the good race pace it had already shown on Friday and that has helped us re-take third place in the Constructors’ classification. After the summer break, we come to two races that will be difficult for us, on two tracks where it will be important to make the most of any opportunity, just as we did today. On behalf of the team, I wish to congratulate Fernando and Kimi. We had promised them redemption and we were true to our word. We know that there is still a long way to go, but we will spare nothing in our efforts, continuing to work hard to improve, day by day.”
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Montezemolo: "I am happy for all our fans, for having seen a Ferrari back on the podium and being a protagonist of this race". #ForzaFerrari
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Is it just me or is it starting to feel like we are heading in the right direction and that we are beginning to properly eliminate issues we have behind the scenes? Mattiaci seems to be saying all the right things (I know they're just words) and appears to have a grasp of everything now. Definitely a harder character than Stefano but still a nice guy. I personally think Luca has pulled a blinder here! This is the beginning of where we return to the top.
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I really hope you are rightBut still difficult to say after just one race! Iam not sure we were on the podium if it was sunny all day
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