Kalsi wrote:OK they failed... again... but let's look at a little bit underrated aspect of all the facts happened in the barhein weekend...
Alonso menaged to keep the car on track for 2 laps without losing a significant amount from Vettel and keeping Di Resta safely at his back before he was called into the pits... we all know what Alonso's is capable of but, i think that if it happened with the F2012 things would have gone WAY differently
If you look at some videos you can even see the wing so bend upwards that should also generate a positive lift ...
What you all guys can conclude from this aspect?
I mean in terms of car's performance
we can interpret that the Ferrari has very good mechanical grip. maybe not as good as the redbull, but if Alonso can drag that thing around with rear lift and keep the flying force india behind him, then it also can be interpreted that alonso is a very very good driver.
the ferrari is also light on its tyres, maybe not as light as lotus, but still light enough for alonso to go fast on an inlap, and the extra grip that was saved would have allowed him to maintain the gap to di resta. Alonso has always had a speciality on heavy fuel. he outshines anyone in the opening laps of the grand prix, and this combined with a good car with good mechanical grip and narrow 'coke bottle' area, (which allows much more air to reach the diffuser and underside of the car) makes a car that can run quite quickly with an inverted rear wing flap.