Ferrari dives back

Saturday morning, the team Ferrari must have said to herself that she was finally back in business. The best time set by Felipe Massa during free practice 3 could bode well for the rest of the weekend. Unfortunately, these hopes dissipated in the afternoon and then during the Sunday race.

Sixth and seventh in the qualifying session on Saturday afternoon, Kimi Räikkönen and Felipe Massa already saw themselves relegated to almost half a second behind the author of the pole, Sebastian Vettel. On Sunday, the Reds lost all hope of doing well from the first turns of the GP. “ It was not the kind of race we expected. The first lap was decisive for me: I lost places and then it was difficult to try to regain them because we were not fast enough “, declared Räikkönen.

His teammate Felipe Massa was also not satisfied with his performance. “ We have to accept the fact that sixth place is the best we could achieve. We need to step up our efforts in car development to close the gap we have in terms of performance. », indicated the Brazilian. An analysis shared by Stefano Domenicali, the team director, who also expects to suffer in the long, fast curves of Silverstone, venue of the next Grand Prix.

« We know that Silverstone is not the type of track that suits us best because of the aerodynamically demanding high-speed corners. “, he declared on Autosport. “ But I would say that in Germany, Hungary and other circuits we should see our situation improve He concluded.