Reliability Concerns For Ferrari


By Dale Calkins
March 20 2007

Ferrari admit that the F2007 is not reliable enough and that they need to focus on this to maintain their winning ways. Despite the Ferrari being very strong in Australia, there are worries that it lacks the endurance of its competitors. Ferrari 1 - Unofficial Ferrari F1 News and Views

Reliability
Concerns For
Ferrari
Ferrari admit that the F2007 is not reliable enough and that they need to focus on this to maintain their winning ways. Despite the Ferrari being very strong in Australia, there are worries that it lacks the endurance of its competitors. Speaking on the areas need for improvement at the Scuderia, Jean Todt had this to say:

"Our weakness is that we have not been reliable enough. But that was because of the problem for Felipe in qualifying. He started in last position and managed to finish sixth. So he scored three important points, but disappointing considering the potential we had and that he has demonstrated. We will have to carry a lot of effort in the coming days, in the coming weeks before Malaysia, to improve our reliability.

But that does not mean we will not work to try and improve the performance of the car. We already have a development programme which is underway and which will be pursued over the next days, weeks and month. But it was a really important, very encouraging and very pleasing result for the team, for the motivation to face the situation we have been facing."

The gearbox failure on Felipe Massa's F2007 last weekend was certainly a blow to Ferrari, though at this point in the season it should not have any major consequences. There were also concerns that in the later stages of the Australian Grand Prix, Kimi Raikkonen's car was beginning to strugle and that he needed to turn down the revs. If the Scuderia manage to sort out their minor technical problems, they should be unstoppable this season.

March 20, 2007

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