They are much slower than Mclaren and they have had inferior reliability, which is usually a Mclaren issue. Massa is down 15 points to Hamilton. kimi is just inferior and had another garbage race today.
Is Ferrari too slow and too far back in the World Championships?
I think if Hamilton wins USGP, Alonso will be out of it too. Hamilton seems to escape bad luck. Destiny, really. The Canadian GP was live on Fox in America and Hamilton takes his maiden win in front of an American audience.
2007-06-10 11:21:15 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Auto Racing ➔ Formula One
Iam an avid fan of Ferrari and Schumi, Yesterday, i was totally disappointed after seeing their performances in Canadian GP. I never had expectations from Kimi, but i was counting on Massa, but he too was given black flag, yet he was doing good,...well, it seems after the retirement of Schumi, its all over for Ferrari,...eventhough they have a good car to run, but Kimi needs to work more on his driving skills, i think Scuderia made a big mistake by signing him...I left all the hopes now,,,F1 is becoming too boring for me after this....
2007-06-10 20:55:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd say it all really depends on whether Massa has it in him to challenge for the title while carrying all the testing work, as Kimi is obviously not doing very much. Massa is working well with the team, he's got Schumi to help him out if he needs advice and there are some "Ferrari" tracks coming up. The Ferrari itself seems to be a pretty good car. It might not be quite up with the Mercedes engine (or the Toyota), but it's not miles behind.
One thing in Massa's favour: if Kimi continues to drive badly and Hamilton and Alonso start taking points off each other (or start taking each other off...) then he will be the one in the right place to profit from anyone else's problems.
Ferrari didn't have a great Canadian GP, but I'd put that down to:
1. a very strong McLaren weekend,
2. Heidfeld qualifying on low fuel and getting things his way with the safety car,
3. Kimi tripping up Massa at the start,
4. Stupid new pitlane rules preventing Massa challenging for second place.
2007-06-12 10:05:51 · answer #2 · answered by rosbif 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We will be back to our winning ways yet again, the cars didnt fail this time and that means we are just off the pace a bit. These things happen in a season and just like the McLarens roared back into contention, the red machines will scorch the tracks yet again. It is just a weeks wait, right? Besides, Massa did overtake the WC on track!!!
To the person who said Kimi "held off" Sato, Sato had overtaken Kimi earlier, on track.
2007-06-10 23:31:52 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
don't write them off yet. Michael is still involved with the team and I'm sure he'll be there giving the pep talks. Kimi actually finished the race today, so he didn't go skulking off into the shadows. Massa was a bit naughty and was black flagged. I'm sure they will be snapping at McLarens heels next week. (OMG i sound like a Ferrari fan)
2007-06-10 21:25:59 · answer #4 · answered by val f1 nutter 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
At least Kimi was able to hold off Sato! I think Ferrari is in for a rough ride. As we saw today there are now a number of teams capable of being on the podium and Ferrari has to beat them as well.
2007-06-10 18:49:10 · answer #5 · answered by michinoku2001 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ferrari cars are not slower, it's the drivers. After Schumi left, everything just went down the drain for Ferrari. Massa has all the potential in the world, but yet luck is not on his side. Kimi is an arrogant fool who thinks he knows it all. I have lost all respect for him.
2007-06-10 20:40:54 · answer #6 · answered by Schumi the King 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think ferrari has still a chance since its still not half way to the racing season there still a lot of things can happen during that time. I know that ferrari would develop their car better and produce a better car compared to mclaren...
2007-06-10 18:57:52 · answer #7 · answered by Jan 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well Kimi held of Sato , and Sato put 1 on the "Back2 Back champ" . Ferrari out of it, Never.... .And my reconing was always that Alonso cant handle pressure.I support Ferrari in all wayz, but Damn Im impressed with Hamelton.
2007-06-11 01:37:18 · answer #8 · answered by Fadeel 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no way bro....who the hell said ferrari is bad....its straight line speed is good(now i doubt....coz i think mclaren has done something to its car)....now u have to agree reliability of mclaren is as good as Ferrari....they r exact equal....why then both the mclarens were 1 lap ahead of ferrari in monico.....the answer lies in the drivers....the 2 chaps r undoubtedly dominating the game.
as far as kimmi goes.....blame it to his bad luck 4 such a season.....he has the potential BUT no luck.
and from the records u know massa is not as good as Alonso
2007-06-11 01:14:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. They were relying on Kimi Raikkonen to carry on the victories; apparently that's not the case. As far as Felipe Massa, he showed potential in the beginning of the season (minus Malaysia) but lately, he hasn't shown any improvements. Even Michael Schumacher I think is very disappointed with the team. Everytime they'd show him, he has that upset look on his face!
2007-06-10 22:17:01 · answer #10 · answered by f1angel 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋