FERRARI FLUMMOXED BY LACK OF SPEED

Monday 8th June 2009

Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali admits the Scuderia are rather confused by their lack of race-pace in Sunday’s Turkish GP.

After a solid performance in Monaco, which saw both Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa finish in the points, Ferrari’s first double points-haul of the campaign, the Scuderia appeared to take a step backwards in Turkey.

Despite both drivers starting in the top eight on the grid, only Massa managed to score any points as he brought his F60 home in sixth place.

It was a disappointing outcome for Ferrari with Domenicali admitting the Italian marque just didn’t have the pace needed to finish any higher up the order.

“We definitely expected more from this weekend, especially given what we had seen up to the end of Saturday morning, when our level of competitiveness was pretty good,” he said.

“We have to understand why the performance of our car evolved in a negative fashion over the course of the three days: the race pace we saw Sunday afternoon was not only not up to the level of the best but it was also not as good as many of the others.

“We must continue to work on the development of the car to try and make up ground, by continuing to stay focused and without getting discouraged by this set back.”

Massa echoed his team boss’s sentiments: “I expected to be competitive here. Maybe more competitive than we are. But unfortunately things were a little bit different.

“We were missing a little bit of pace in our car, and if you are missing a bit of pace then you do not have the opportunity to win.”

Source - Planet-f1

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