Ferrari – a return to form
For Ferrari 2010 is important, it will show whether the team can lose the key players that were a success and still be a driving force in F1. They will be under immense pressure to deliver at the very least multiple race victories to the tifosi, today they unveil the car that will in all likelihood help them do it.
The driver lineup looks like one of the best on the grid, they have Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso. There may be question marks over how Felipe Massa can come back from injury but I honestly think they are overstated, Felipe Massa wouldn’t be back driving if he wasn’t his best. It will be interesting to see what an influence Michael Schumacher had at Ferrari with regard to Massa and how he copes without this and how he deals with Alonso. Fernando Alonso needs no introduction and has shown over the past few years that he is one of the best drivers out there, he’s scrapped results out for Renault last season in his effectively sabbatical year. He will be back in force this season and I expect him to be at the top or very close to it from the start.
The car looks stunning and I’m sure it’s fast – it looks fast – but looks don’t always equate to speed. It looks sleek and well packaged, I guess they managed to find somewhere to put the extra fuel. I think this car will be good though, they have had a long time to build it – most of last season I would think and history shows that the more time you spend on it the better the result just look at the Brawn last year.
In short Ferrari need a good year, last year quite simply wasn’t good enough, they have all of the ingredients to have one they just need to put it all together.
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