I read elsewhere that ferrari's intercooler arrangement is more effective than the one mercedes use, which means they suffer less of a loss in power when it gets hot.
I don't know how big the difference is, but coupled with everything in the sky video fingers crossed it's hot in bahrain!
It is/isn't, it's really just that they went much bigger with it, but that has it's own inherent problems.
Thing is, Ted said Ferrari have the best cooling package on the grid but I don't agree with that at all. A car that gains a few tenths a lap in absolutely extreme temps that helps at one track every 3-4 years... is OVER cooled. If you have more cooling than you need for 59 out of 60 races maybe, just so that you have an advantage in the 1 extra race... it's a waste. If Ferrari had smaller side pods, less cooling, they may have to also open up the car a little more at a race like Malaysia, but it would also be a bit faster in every single race rather than just the one.
Over cooling is no advantage, cooling that works in almost every race is good enough. I would even expect Ferrari to move that route, next year watch them be a bit slimmer and open up a bit further in the one or two really hot races in a year.
Bahrain won't be hot enough to help Ferrari out.
I still don't understand why they got rid of Martin Whitmarsh. He's never done as bad as this…
I used to think the 2009 car was bad.
Whitmarsh is responsible for a terrible 2013/14. The car itself looks potentially better than it has for two years, the engine is terrible but that isn't a choice Boullier got to make.
You'll get the same answer as about Alonso moving to Honda though, the I could have stayed with something I didn't believe was good enough and took a risk on something that had the potential to win. IE Alonso didn't think Ferrari could improve so risked moving to a Mclaren/Honda partnership with new manager and some new people, they haven't failed together yet, nor succeeded. They don't know Boullier can do great but they do think Whitmarsh can't make another winning car. Better to go with an unknown than something you think isn't good enough.
It's what I said about Hamilton as well in moving to Merc, he saw they had the potential to move forward while his experience of the existing team at Mclaren left him believing that particular group of people together wouldn't win another title or build another great car, and he couldn't have been more right.
