Domenicalli was running the team relatively well on operations side. Engineering was somewhat flawed, not just in terms of concept design, but also in terms of updates. Later engineering became better once all simulation tools were updated (since Montezemolo did not want to spend enough resources on them even after testing restrictions were introduced) After Domenicalli, there were smaller issues when Arrivabene was TP, but it was mostly coming from refusing to give Vettel the necessary priority after it was clear Kimi was no longer at the top of his game to compete for WCC (which was already clear since race 6-7 of every season).KimiRai wrote: ↑05 Mar 2024, 14:11It didn't use to be like this and you don't need to go back to the Schumacher and Todt era. I remember during the Alonso era (apart from rare exceptions such as AD10) race operations were honestly quite good and it was one of the reasons Ferrari could fight for the championship with cars that lacked pace, apart from driver skill and reliability. Strategy was inventive and bold, good tyre management helped Alonso jump places during the race and pitstops were decent. I'm not sure what changed that made them become poor in those areas over the years.
Epic fails of 2022 and to some extent in 2023 have probably not happened for more than 30 years, in a time when F1 was almost completely different to what it is now. Monaco 2021 was also one of those embarrassing moments and failures in race preparation and there were more in that 19-21 period...
