If there are reliability issues then Ferrari might not finish any of the races. Or worse as Fry said the car could work in a short window & fade off or go 3-4s off its pace throughout the race. If that happens then Ferrari might not get any points in the first 3-4 races as it will take them atleast 3-4 races to sort it out(Fry said).TheRMVR wrote:I don't really get it. So Ferrari say they took some risk with the F2012, something the fans said they were always afraid to do. Now they're proud to have taken some risk. Now it turns out it doesn't really work the way they wanted. And now all hell breaks loose. And what do they do? They go back to their old conservative ways, undo all the risk and revert back to a 'safer' option.
Fry said the exhausts in their original position worked best but it was unstable and unpredictable. It's exactly on that point that Ferrari have to show that they are willing to really take risk. Continue on that path, make it work. Suffer a few races but make it work. Don't go back to a safer option just because Luca starts yelling and losing his temper.
The team doesn't work well at the moment, they have no clue what they want. Wether the F2012 turns out to be quick or not, their team needs to figure out which way they want to go.
With a conventional exhaust & Alonso's skill they might atleast claw back 25-26 points in the first 3-4 races & they will be in a position to fight. If they get 5-7 psoints per driver then it IS SEASON over for Ferrari. I think it is a sensible decision. Ferrari will get 2 Unlimited Days of Testing at Mugello & they will probably run a completely revised rear end including sidepods.
