It's obvious it wasn't Luca Badoers driving that was causing the Ferrari to end up 20th on the grid. I was expecting Fisichella to do much better than he did. What I don't understand is why Fisichella almost won a race with the Force India and then wanted to jump into a slower car especially when he was acclamated. The other is why was Raikkonen doing so much better?

spartacus - 06 November 2009 12:40 PM

It's obvious it wasn't Luca Badoers driving that was causing the Ferrari to end up 20th on the grid. I was expecting Fisichella to do much better than he did. What I don't understand is why Fisichella almost won a race with the Force India and then wanted to jump into a slower car especially when he was acclamated. The other is why was Raikkonen doing so much better?

This is probably a case of the grass being greener on the other side. I believe that most of us thought that any F1 driver on the grid would have been able to score points driving a Ferrari. I even thought that Button winning form this year was just the car. Most of us now understand that the entire combo needs to work. I bet Fisi got caught with his pants down in this case.

Apology excepted.

What is the name that Ferrari is giving the new cars for the 2010 season?

Is it the F61?

I really want to see it.

As for driving habits, I have to agree that Mr.Raikkonen does have a very different driving style, over Mr. Baboers and Mr. Fisichella.

However, consider that there are roughly 2 hours of practice before every Grand Prix. In addition, consider that they all know how Mr. Raikkonen was beating them on corner entry, and exit.

It really should not take long to come to grips with the way to drive a Ferrari.

If I got it correctly Fisi was having issues with all the steering wheel gizmos. Has Badoer driven the car since they introduced the standard ECU and banned TC and all the other driver aids?

That maybe the issue, you are correct.

No Traction Control, and no ABS.

Maybe that is what messed up Mr. Baboers.

As for the steering gizmos. It has been referenced before by many in the know about these things.

However, with all the track time that the Drivers get before any Grand Prix, turning left and right, is something that should be adjusted to.

To my way of thinking this much about Kimi and Massa as drivers. I too need to apologize.

Bill

brandspro - 01 November 2009 02:39 PM

How much better might they both have done had they BEEN ALLOWED TO TEST!!!!!

A bit of irony, here. Luca Badoer is Ferrari's in-house test driver. He's responsible for testing just about everything the company builds, both in the racing department and the street cars. If a Ferrari works and handles well, you can thank Luca for it.

I agree, GreyWolf74.

However, if he tested all that is Ferrari on the racetrack in particular, why did he, (not so much Mr. Fisichella), have problems keeping up with the rest of the field?

Is it a Ferrari conspiracy to have Mr. Massa look good?

I do not believe in conspiracy theories... I'm just throwing it out there.

Luca was usually 2ish seconds off the pace of the rest of the backmarkers. Fisi was a couple tenths off Kimi in most cases. Luca doesn't look as bad, but you can't put him up there with Fisi and fully blame the car for both of them being slower than many thought they would be.

Don't forget Badoer's pit lane incident. What kind of a racer pulls over and lets someone pass for position? Not to mention he crossed the white line afterward!