so there is a bit of hope It's really hard to believe Ferrari is that far away but don't think they had so much fuel on that SS run to explain it cause that wouldn't make much sense or? Top speed from Alonso is 340 today so that doesn't look like the engine is down on power to the Mercedes. so hopefully it's something they can fix with better set up, mapping or whatever
Alonso is having problems today too.. in the box since more than 2 hours now edit: was a gearbox failure, he just did an install lap
Ferraris employee had said to Kulta, Kimi didnt have empty tanks. According to him there is no reason to get anxious. But they did talk about set up problems and tyre problems. Kimi was at the good mood tho.
Yep, basicly it.Ferrari isnt in balance coming from slow corners. Toni says lots of rubber is left on tarmac there and Ferrari oversteers a lot. Macca gets out of the slow corners better.
Quote: Appletree wrote in post #530Yep, basicly it.Ferrari isnt in balance coming from slow corners. Toni says lots of rubber is left on tarmac there and Ferrari oversteers a lot. Macca gets out of the slow corners better.
thanks! hopefully they can improve that
amus writes that in the paddock there are some who believe Ferrari is a second behind and some can imagine that Ferrari didn't put all cards on the table. Because "the usual sceptic Alonso shows too much confidence" and because of inconsistences when you analyse laptimes. They never put all best sectors together. When they were doing one best sector time they slowed down in the others. And they have highest top speed.
possible but I don't get what sense it would make to do that. And that could explain one lap pace but not on the long run
It has been difficult to understand what is going on in testing. I partly blame the media for that, they have really been doing a terrible job when it comes to reporting on testing.
I have a feeling that the competitiveness of the teams at the start of the season will not be the be-all and end-all for the season, even if Ferrari starts off as being the 3rd or 4th fastest team. Even the Australian GP in general doesn't always say much about a team's competitiveness for the rest of the season. Development throughout the year might be much more important, and reliability might be important as well. If Ferrari have actually sorted out their windtunnel problems then they could still do well. But if they go into a similar direction as some previous years then they will be lost. Then there is reliability to think about, the half way mark of the season could turn out into a complete reliability run, penalties could change a lot in the WCC.
There is just to much variables, we'll have to see how things go in the first 3 races or so. Strictly speaking Kimi doesn't need the fastest car, he just needs to keep up with Alonso.
If there's a season no one knows what will turn out to be the "best" car is this one. This time we will all have to wait and see until the checkered flag in Abu Dhabi
Yeah, I think also reability comes first. There has been a lot of talk about fuel consumption but now it looks like, according to Bottas( Merc engines anyway) they didnt have to save fuel in Bahrain at all! Bottas thought he has to, because of long straights but in the end he didnt have to. He thinks only the tracks that have long straights might be the ones to reguire fuel saving. Monza and Spa in mind. Melbourne will not be fuel saving track for example.
quoteDomenicali said to TS that Kimi might be a bit behind Alonso in the first few races when it comes to knowing the car, the reason is simply those couple of hundreds laps Alonso did more. Donenicali felt sorry that Kimi was the one that had almost every problem but he thinks Kimi as a fast learner and very experienced driver will quickly take the difference back.
Also according to TS Alonso did make a highest straight line speed yesterday 339,6km/h
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Kimi is a fast learner and an experienced driver indeed. But if Ferrari wished him to have equal terms, they would have handed the car to Kimi for a couple of hours on Sunday.
But that never happens, and Kimi is used to it (like us) and still manages to succeed.
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It's really hard to believe Ferrari is that far away but don't think they had so much fuel on that SS run to explain it cause that wouldn't make much sense or? 
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