Originally Posted by
tifosi1993
The car "was" good on one lap pace but not any more. After Monaco, it never looked like a car that can take poles. We must remember that nothing stays static in F1, others have improved and moved forward while Ferrari pretty much stayed the same.
Also, the blown diffuser analogy doesn't work here. F1 had engine freeze and no improvements were allowed on the V8. But even taking that into consideration, Ferrari still missed the tricks with blown diffuser. The 2012 Sauber with the Ferrari engine had the best blown diffuser exhaust design, which incentivized Newey to copy it and incorporate on the RB9. Ferrari on the other hand refused to copy Sauber's design and kept their chimney exhaust system. Sounds familiar?
The "strength" of the F1-75 was the flexi planks. As soon as Ferrari lost that "trick", it lost all the performance. Again, sounds familiar?
I don't see any hopes for the future, unfortunately. It is the same bunch who will design next year's car. They are not the best of the lot so there isn't any realistic chance of next year's car being "great". Had Ferrari recruited some well known and capable names who won championships, then sure, there was a chance. But that's not the case and expecting otherwise is nothing but wishful thinking.
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