Posted by ashleigh on
April 15, 2007
A day for the ‘number 2′ drivers
The number two drivers in each of the front running teams had a good day at Bahrain.
The race winner Filipe Massa managed to stop the eventual second place driver Lewis Hamilton from passing into the first corner.
Massa lead then all the way through the race, with the Ferrari proving that the car had just a little more pace than the McLaren cars.
Surprisingly however the Ferrari’s where both slower in the last stint of the race on the harder compound tyres, with Lewis Hamilton taking nearly 10 seconds out of the lead that Filipe had built up.
Raikkonen had a disappointing race, he seemed not to have the front running pace all weekend, and is obviously struggling to set the Ferrari up to his liking.
Nick Heidfeld had a good race coming in in fourth behind Kimi, with the world champion and joint championship leader Fernando Alonso bringing the second McLaren in for fifth.
Posted by ashleigh on
February 27, 2007
Honda slow
Jenson Button has told Reuters that the 07 Honda is not on pace and the team are playing catch-up.
This is not news, the Honda has not been quick all through the winter testing. It seems that the teams 2006 bugbear has shown it’s head again, Tyres.
The team struggled with the tyres in the early part of last season, but seemed to get the hang of it towards mid season. However it looks like the switch to Bridgestone has not helped.
Also the Earth scheme on the car has come about through struggling to find an official sponsor for this season after the tobacco ban coming into full effect.
Button said “We still have another test in Bahrain where we have a lot of things to test. Hopefully they are going to help the car because we are not on the same pace as the Ferraris, the McLarens or the BMWs.”
“I don’t think you can really tell too much from the lap times in testing, I feel the initial car was not quite where we wanted it to be but we’ve definitely improved.
