Ferrari tries to weather the storm

“A team like Ferrari cannot be satisfied with only placing one car in Q3, but that is all we could claim today given our technical situation,” admits Stefano Domenicali. “As we thought, this weekend is difficult. All we have to do is hope that reliability works in our favor tomorrow. »

The elimination of Felipe Massa in Q2 is not only due to the modest performance of the F60: “I had a good first run, but I made a mistake on my second attempt. I had a lot of traffic on my launch lap and I couldn't get the tires up to temperature. We have to turn our backs and get through the next two races and score some points. No longer having the Srec was also a handicap, especially in qualifying. Here again, we must work to ensure that this device returns to my car as quickly as possible. »

Hardly more satisfied than his teammate, Kimi Raikkonen is already resigned to the race: “Of course I am not satisfied with being eighth. I got everything I could out of the car but we didn't have any soft tires left to use in Q3. It?s already good to have put a few opponents behind us! It's always the same problem, we're not fast enough. The car is doing well, but it is a second too slow per lap. I hope that we will soon have developments on the car. For now, let's do our best and aim for points. »