The newly completed Grand Prize of Turkey leaves a sour taste in Maranello. For one reason or another, not everything is rosy in Istanbul Park for the Scuderia. The Italians have yet to find the key in certain details which will ultimately make the difference.
The positive part of the weekend has been Fernando Alonso ended in a worthy third final position which is the first podium for Ferrari this season 2011. The downside was that it has become clear that the Italians still have much to improve to fight with Red Bull. They are back to the level of the McLaren, or close to, but the team of energy drinks is still one step ahead of the rest.
The classification is still the great unfinished business of the team of the rampant cavallino. Yesterday the registration of Fernando Alonso was eight tenths slower than Sebastian Vettel. The Spanish was beaten by the defending champion of the world, by Mark Webber, Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton. Many obstacles in your way if you want to aim for victory on Sunday.
As it is usual, on the Sunday day uncovers the jar of essences of the single-seater. His pace allows you to fight your to you with the Red Bull. It is true that leaving behind, when he meets free via its rivals already have escaped just enough so that, in the case of Sebastian Vettel, the differences are insurmountable.
The cross remain pit stops. In Ferrari rarely manage to lose the 4 seconds to change tires, while in Red Bull takes 3.5 seconds on average. Even today there was a time when that took 3.1 seconds to replace the four wheels of the car of Vettel. In the case of the race of today, with four stops, they are at least 2 seconds which lost Alonso on his rivals. A time which is then forced to recover track.
In the case of Felipe Massa a stop sentenced him. Still see him apathetic and with lack of mordant. It is on the track as a soul in penalty and he looks desganado, opposite to a hipermotivado Fernando Alonso that gives everything in each race. Today the right rear wheel played you a bad pass to the Brazilian. When the mechanic was going to put the new tire, he lost a very valuable time because the shaft continued spinning. There is clear why was such a situation, although Pedro de la Rosa dropped that it might be due to the fact that Massa had not stepped on the brake to stop the turn. There is that.
About the conspiracy against best Massa theories leave them for science fiction films. At this point there is no team orders, which is not to say that the roles of both pilots are already defined. What is clear is that Ferrari is not going to throw stones against themselves in the foot, thus hurting its pilot, would be fools to do so. Even more seeing as they are, after Red Bull and McLaren in the constructors standings. They are closer to Renault which others as above to be risking precious points conspiring against the Brazilian.
Today it has been shown that Ferrari have the potential to give back to the tortilla. That will do it or not depends entirely on them. Subject premium there is, but it remains to be seen if the Grand Prize of Spain confirms the improvement. The big evolution package is scheduled for that race. If by then they fail to take that step they need, shuts down and let's we go.
