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Schumacher back on track!

veetrag — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:06:19 +0000

I like the idea that Schumi is coming back on track, it would be a treat to watch but still a lot that I do not like
1. Ferrari does not have a spare driver or driver development program, where they can bring in/train new drivers for future.
2. They dont have a competitive enough car for this season, so it would be sad.
3. Alonso won’t be there for Valencia, so we wont see the rivalry.
On other side
1. Schumi has never raced Hamilton and it would be nice to see a battle, since both are similarly matched car at this point.
2. With Schumi driving, Ferrari is definitely going to improve, because he knows well where the car is not performing well and what exactly he has to tell mechanics.

Top 10 Drivers in 2008

veetrag — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:47:48 +0000

1. Alonso – He did wonderfully in improving Renault and got some good results by end of year. Even when car was not performing well, he brought out 100% out of car and always resulted in 5-8 positions.
2. Massa – Did not expect him to do this well, but he did well. He was destined to be overshadowed by Kimi but he did not let that happen, drove well. He needs to improve him wet weather driving skills though.
3. Vettel – Drove live a champion with not so great car.
4. Hamilton – whenever he got pole, he did well but scumbled under pressure and made mistakes.
5. Kubica – Great driving and good mix of aggression and control. He justified the pace of car and outperformed Heidfeld who is much more experienced. Drove exceptionally well in Canada and won his first GP.
6. Kimi – Had an excellent start to season but bad qualifying caused the problem by end of season. But he was unfortunate, if luck would have favored him he would be #1 by middle of year and Ferrari would have favored him for WC. He made some mistakes (Monaco) and was caught up in some mistakes (Canada).
7. Trulli – very well qualified and helped a lot in improving Toyota.
8. Glock - same as Trulli.
9. Rosberg – poor car, but he did well in the start of season when Williams was performing better. If he had a good car he would be at 4-5 in Driver’s standings by end of year.
10. Heidfeld – He had a good car but he could not settle in it properly, at the same time Kubica was doing much better in similar car. He turned around the bad results by year end and got some positive results.

Australian GP: Disaster for Ferrari

veetrag — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:44:00 +0000

First race of the season with a lot of rules changes (no fuel burning session, no TC, no braking aid, same gear box for 4 races, shorter Q3) added a lot of excitement, but sadly only six cars would finish the race. Hopefully in coming races we see less accidents and breakdowns.

Race turned out to be disaster for Ferrari, starting from qualifying when Kimi’s car had engine issue and had to start from P15; Massa could not outpace BMWs and qualified at P4. Massa had an accident on lap 1 and after that he was trying to recover throughout the race. He made a mistake and took DC out of race and in next lap he had an engine failure. Kimi was aggressive and it looked that he will get podium with one pit stop strategy and brilliant driving, but one late braking incident took him to gravel and then he was in recovery mode, his engine also developed a problem and had to retired. None of the Ferrari engines (Ferrari, STR and FIF1) could finish the race.

Everybody is praising Hamilton and McLaren for the pace and comfort with which they won the race, but I would say real heroes were Kimi and Alonso who started from the back of the grid and one by one overtook similarly competitive cars. It was fun watching champions attacking from behind and gaining positions. Hamilton has failed both times (Nurburgring and Interlagos) starting from back, so I would say if he would have started anywhere near P10 the story would be completely different. This makes me think the true champion will win under any circumstances and Patrick Head’s suggestion of reversing the F1 grid is awesome!

Another impressive performance was from Ruben who drove brilliantly but for making two mistakes (jumping pit lane stop signal both times) was disqualified. Sebastien Bourdais drove exceptionally brilliantly in this first ever GP but sadly his engine blew in penultimate lap. Williams is improving nicely and would say will compete with front runners this season, Roseburg was impressive. Other rookie Timo Glock also performed well but had a big accident.

For FIF1 it was a disaster and hopefully they will bounce back, looking at the pace of Adrian Sutil in only 8 laps he did we can say this season they will definitely be better than last year.