Felipe Massa leaves Barcelona with a positive feeling. After Setup changes on Friday afternoon the prissy Ferrari was suddenly as transformed. Also in terms reliability, there was a step forward. Before the first race, but still a lot of work is necessary.
Ferrari is the great problem child of formula long 1. eleven days of testing the new F2012 of the competition gave no cause for concern. And also at the end of the tests in Barcelona on Friday (24.2) it looked actually not afterwards, as if there were some reason to hope.
"To this day early behaviour was still very critical." It was difficult to find the limit and light, about to go out. "I could do little eight, nine laps with constant time," Felipe admitted Massa after the meeting. But somehow, the engineers scratched yet the curve. With a total conversion of Setup after lunch, a small plant germinated suddenly again hope in the Red camp.
"The car was completely different in the afternoon." We have changed so many things about lunch, had a positive effect. "We have improved everywhere - both slow and fast bends", reported Massa, whose Miene considerably more positive was in the days before in the evening.
With the fifth best time of the day the turn was reflected while not in the classification, but Ferrari so far mostly renounced runs with an empty tank. Until next week you want to worry about the performance of the car.
"We have found the direction in which we must continue to develop on the remaining days of the test." We need to work much, but at least we now have an idea where it should go. "From the factory the correct parts must come now, making this car in the first race competitive," called Massa.
If the last test in Jerez on a scale from zero to ten is zero, then is now to Barcelona for a good five to Massa. "There is much to be done yet to get on a ten." Because we want to. We have made a good step by we have found the right direction. There were so many different ways with the new car. "It was the most important point is to find the right direction."
Ferrari runs away but slowly the time. With the reduced test program this year, the Scuderia stay only four days to prepare for the season opener. Massa is of mixed testing but not from the rest. "You see how well a car really is not on the test." "We learn that only in qualifying in Australia."
"We work hard to get back into the position, in which we fight for WINS and Championships." But the first race is difficult to predict at this time. "Last year we were always front test and we had then suddenly more than a second behind in Melbourne."
"To this day early behaviour was still very critical." It was difficult to find the limit and light, about to go out. "I could do little eight, nine laps with constant time," Felipe admitted Massa after the meeting. But somehow, the engineers scratched yet the curve. With a total conversion of Setup after lunch, a small plant germinated suddenly again hope in the Red camp.
"The car was completely different in the afternoon." We have changed so many things about lunch, had a positive effect. "We have improved everywhere - both slow and fast bends", reported Massa, whose Miene considerably more positive was in the days before in the evening.
With the fifth best time of the day the turn was reflected while not in the classification, but Ferrari so far mostly renounced runs with an empty tank. Until next week you want to worry about the performance of the car.
"We have found the direction in which we must continue to develop on the remaining days of the test." We need to work much, but at least we now have an idea where it should go. "From the factory the correct parts must come now, making this car in the first race competitive," called Massa.
If the last test in Jerez on a scale from zero to ten is zero, then is now to Barcelona for a good five to Massa. "There is much to be done yet to get on a ten." Because we want to. We have made a good step by we have found the right direction. There were so many different ways with the new car. "It was the most important point is to find the right direction."
Ferrari runs away but slowly the time. With the reduced test program this year, the Scuderia stay only four days to prepare for the season opener. Massa is of mixed testing but not from the rest. "You see how well a car really is not on the test." "We learn that only in qualifying in Australia."
"We work hard to get back into the position, in which we fight for WINS and Championships." But the first race is difficult to predict at this time. "Last year we were always front test and we had then suddenly more than a second behind in Melbourne."
