Luca says no mistakes. WOW!!! Ferrari boss: Mistakes shouldn't be happening Tuesday 8th July 2008 - PlanetF1.com Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo has warned the Scuderia that a repeat of their British performance could cost them this year's World titles. Ferrari struggled at Silverstone with Kimi Raikkonen only managing fourth place after the team opted against changing his tyres despite the pending rainfall. This meant that when the rain did come down Raikkonen was without grip as this lasted a few laps before the team finally called him in. As for Felipe Massa he finished dead last and two laps down after failing to keep his car facing forward. The Brazilian, who had a huge crash in Friday's first practice, spun no fewer than five times. The Italian outfit's disappointing result meant that Lewis Hamilton was able to move to the top of the Drivers' standings while BMW and McLaren closed the gap to Ferrari in the Constructors' race. "I really hope we can claim our eighth (Constructors') victory in ten years," Montezemolo told Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport. "I'm sure we can win that title if we won't make those silly mistakes we made again. "It's no surprise that I wasn't happy with what I saw at the British Grand Prix but hopefully it was a wise lesson for the team. I am convinced the team learned their lesson and that it won't happen again." The Italian warned his team that having reached the halfway point of the season they cannot afford to make such mistakes. "We are now half way into the 2008 Formula 1 season and we are leading the Constructors' Championship but we gave away a lot of points. "That shouldn't be happening in the second half of the season," he said.
Its the second time the team screws up the strategy this year. What happened to Massa ? Did he screw his set up entirely ?
It is very convenient for Luca to complain about the work being done by the team to win; considering he was the one who picked the people. Important positions were chosen with a nationalistic bias that didn't install the most competent person in that particular role. Tinkering with a winning formula is always tricky... CH
luca right ferrari have made far too many mistakes this year, and had they done a better job they'd have a bigger lead in both championship categories.
+1 That disastrous tire strategy wouldn't have happened under Brawn's watch. In fact we got to see what the best strategic thinker on pitlane can achieve with one of the ****tiest cars on the grid: Put it on the podium!
It starts from the top. LDM made the biggest mistake of the season by not getting Braun back into the fold. This past Sunday was the first most evident ramification of that mistake. It's these tossing of points is what differeniate this SF regime with the Todt-Braun regime.
Some of you may laugh but all of the teams are making mistakes and it happens mostly to the team that is at the top at that moment. Like I said before if the Macs get on top and then they make stupid mistakes to allow the other teams to catch up then it will be obvious that the script is in. They will not allow any driver or team to run away with it before the fly aways to asia. I may be wrong but we will see. Its something to watch for.
