Ferrari Mailing List: Re: GP Japan (spoiler)

[Charles Perry (charles]

I haven't read the whole regulations, but don't they have to declare a
tire the day before (qualifying tire), like the fuel load? I thought the
cars were entirely in parc ferme conditions after qualifying where they
couldn't change anything. That was the only thing that made sense to me
as to why they hadn't started on extreme wet - perhaps they thought they
weren't allowed to change their prior decision, at least before doing
one lap and bringing the car in to change on a pit stop...

I also thought it was funny that Kimi in the post race interview said
they (FIA) had forced them to come in for extreme wet. After that
initial lap, did he really think Ferrari would've stayed out on the
intermediates? The cars were undriveable...

-- charles

 

-----Original Message-----
From: cmlf1 [at] optonline.net [mailto:cmlf1 [at] optonline.net] 
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 10:32 AM
To: Charles Perry
Cc: 'The FerrariList'
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] GP Japan (spoiler)

Even if they did not get the notification, who in their right mind
thought they could run on wet tires as opposed to extreme wets? They
usually have great strategy, but that was a huge blunder, regardless of
notification.
 
Carl

----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Craig 
Date: Monday, October 1, 2007 12:28 am
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] GP Japan (spoiler)
To: cmlf1 [at] optonline.net
Cc: 'The FerrariList' 

> Steve,
> 
> That was my exact same thoughts. Ferrari really looked stupid 
> today. (Even
> if Ferrari was allowed to be on Inters, it was obvious to 
> everyone that
> Extreme Wets was the correct choice for the entire day.) But, I 
> will say
> that they finished pretty good for starting out with their heads 
> up their
> butts. Imagine how they might have finished if they hadn't 
> started out dead
> last. And I also didn't like that fake pit stop method of 
> getting Kimi past
> Massa. Why not have Massa run wide off of a corner (just like 
> Kimi did at
> least 10 times today) and let Kimi pass that way. Then you can 
> hold onto
> your 3-4 finish instead of the 3-6 finish (which was almost a 3-
> 7 finish).
> I think the team looked stupid today and the drivers turned what 
> should have
> been a lost day into something almost acceptable. 
> 
> Dave 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Jenkins [mailto:steve [at] stevejenkins.com] 
> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 10:11 PM
> To: Dave Craig
> Cc: The FerrariList
> Subject: [Ferrari] GP Japan (spoiler)
> 
> Damn. I felt cold and wet just sitting on my couch and watching 
> it on TV.
> I'm glad Steve Cook and I didn't stay in Japan the extra week in 
> order to
> catch pneumonia and watch a Safety Car enjoy a lapping day... 
> Not a fun race
> to watch, but glad that Kimi clawed his way back to the podium, 
> and any time
> Alonso gets a goose egg is awesome. Hmm... maybe not such a bad 
> race after
> all. :)
> 
> But WTF was up with the Ferrari tire situation? You're telling 
> me that the
> guys in the SPEED announcer booth thousands of miles away from 
> Japan knew
> that everyone had to be on full-wets, but the Scuderia didn't? 
> HOW DOES THAT
> HAPPEN?????????
> 
> SteveJ
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