Blunting Edge?
Mar 19th, 2006 by AJ
Ferrari seems to be losing the sharpest edge it had towards it’s competetion. It’s strategies.
They are not the fastest on the field, haven’t been either. 3 years ago it was BMW Williams. Before that, McLaren Mercedes, of late BAR Honda and Renault. What they were the best was in their impeccable strategies, their planning and their clockwork like pit work.
But of late, extremely visible in 2005 and now in 2006, in the first two races, their strategies have been consistently been beaten by Renault and McLaren. Are Ros Brawn, Jean Todt slipping? What is happening to Ferrari? 
Even their pit work has deteriorated. For the 2nd race in succession, Ferrari made mistakes when there should be none and where there used to be rare. Today, in the Malaysian Grand Prix, after the strategy fiasco due to which Schumi had come in for pit stop number two, they took far too long for a splash and dash stop which was needed for the last 10 laps..
Sigh, Ferrari need to rethink their strategy..
Yeah, micheal was slow to get out of the pits, hope ferrari can improve.
i have been a diehard ferrari fan since god knows when, and feel very bad that ferrari is just not the same team it used to be.
By the way i have linked to you on blogf1.blogspot.com , hope you too can link back to us
Ankit Sud
Michael said in an post race comment that he was delayed coz another car was in the pit lane and very close, so he was delayed.
I guess even without that the stategy has been very bleak lately… Massa used his one stopper perfectly and I think Schumi would hv gained atleast 2 spots with a 1 stopper.
Yeah.. Not only was Michael Slow but I feel his second pit stop was far too long than required. That is what got him down to 7th position from the 4th, though ultimately ending up in 6th after retirements.
And thanks for the link.. We have added you as well