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Titolo: All down to qualifying says Todt

All down to qualifying says Todt
Ferrari's sporting director Jean Todt yesterday said that his team's
qualifying positions were responsible for the team's third and eighth
places in yesterday's Monaco Grand Prix. "Monaco is a circuit where you
have to start in front," emphasised Todt. "I repeat that you have to
have enough fuel for your first stint which is a new element this year
for the Monaco Grand Prix but Monaco is still a circuit where it's
difficult to overtake. So it's all down to qualifying, at the start or
during refueling which was the case today."
The reliability of his rivals, the talent of the drivers and strategy
all played their part in the team's result, said Todt. "It was a
particularly difficult race where the first eight on the grid finished
in the first eight places. That's to say, the cars were reliable, the
drivers didn't make mistakes and finally the grid positions and the fuel
stops made the difference. Michael (Schumacher) started fifth and
finished third, Rubens (Barrichello) started seventh and finished
eighth, having been overtaken at the start and wasn't able to get his
place back. Michael managed to pick up two places after the first
refuelling stop."
Asked if the increased use of electronics has resulted in cars that are
too easy to drive, even on a circuit as difficult and twisty as Monaco,
Todt said that things haven't changed that much recently. "There are
electronics, of course, but there were just as many last year. Having
said that, the cars are more and more reliable and so with the new
regulations, with cars having to start with a certain amount of fuel in
order to start the race, things are a little more uncertain."
Jean Todt was asked about Kimi Raikkonen, the McLaren driver who has
only been off the rostrum once in seven races this season, yet is only
in his second year with a top team. "I don't think he's that
inexperienced. He's in his third year in Grand Prix racing. He has a
good car, he's in a good team, he has the whole package. There's no
reason to underestimate his qualities and talents and if, after seven
Grands Prix, he's in the lead of the championship with a four point
lead, it means that he's driven some remarkable races."
Todt said that the team's situation on Sunday really evolved from
practice and qualifying on the first day of practice, Thursday. "I said
that on Thursday we had the feeling that we had a package which was in
fact not as strong, which we were expecting after first practice but we
know that the rubber comes on the track and we know that things change,
temperature, lots of components. Quite simply, we were too inconsistent.
We had some up and down sides during the race. It wasn't possible to
catch the cars in front. We thought we could do it, as I said before."
But Todt wasn't complaining about his situation. "Listen, we're not
saying that we're particularly worried. We're simply conscious that it's
a very open and difficult championship and so we would prefer to have a
40 point lead as we had last year, but we are aware that what happened
last year was something which happens once in an era."
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 during refueling which was the case today."
Ecco, quindi la strategia migliore è prevedere un primo stint bello lungo,
e quindi fare le qualifiche con tanta benzina, cosa che permette
ovviamente di partire davanti...
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 ovviamente di partire davanti...
Forse Todt dicendo che "you have to have enough fuel for your first stint
which is a new element" voleva sottolineare che a Monaco le nuove regole
hanno imposto un nuovo approccio (in passato la regola era una sosta
sola), ma è altrettanto vero che "Monaco is still a circuit where it's
difficult to overtake" e quindi è vero che "chi si ferma dopo, vince", ma
il carico di benzina non deve pregiudicare la posizione in griglia, cosa
che invece è successo alla Ferrari.
Hanno valutato male la situazione, forse bastava partire in seconda fila,
ma dovevano cmq sorpassare due-tre avversari; secondo me, conveniva
puntare per prima cosa a partire davanti, quindi fare un primo stint
corto, anche sacrificando il ritmo complessivo della propria gara
(chissene, intanto mi metto davanti, poi si vedrà).
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 ma dovevano cmq sorpassare due-tre avversari; secondo me, conveniva
Fondamentalmente il problema è stato finire dietro la Renault di Trulli.
Probabilmente la tattica poteva essere giusta riuscendo ad infilarsi
subito dietro le Williams e Räikkönen, peccato che si dovesse anche tenere
conto che le Renault di solito al via scattano anche bene, quindi era
quasi "obbligatorio" stargli davanti almeno in griglia.
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 subito dietro le Williams e Räikkönen,
Forse, ma c'erano sempre tre macchine da superare...
Hanno esagerato, fermarsi al 31° giro era troppo, 78/3=26, 5 giri di
benzina in meno quanto potevano far guadagnare in qualifica?
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ma dovevano cmq sorpassare due-tre avversari; secondo me, conveniva
Più che altro mi ha sorpeso il fatto che Rubens avesse la stessa
strategia, almeno lui avrebbe dovuto partire leggerissimo