Ferrari Continues to Struggle With Reliability

This continues to be a tough season for Ferrari with regards to reliability. The good news is that Massa was able to finish on the podium. Jean Todt admitted the Italian squad must keep working to solve reliability problems with the F2007 after Kimi Raikkonen retired midway through Sundays’ European Grand Prix. Todt insisted, however, that Kimi is still very much in the title hunt. Ferrari has their work cut out for them over the next couple months is they want to take the lead in the drivers and constructors championship.

Ferrari Maintain Form at Silverstone

Things didnt look good at the start of the race Sunday. Massa stalled on the line and was forced to start from pit lane. Massa was able to work his way back up from last to fifth which was quite an accomplishment. Kimi also had great success Sunday as well but it didn't look that way after the first stops were completed. Kimi was hot on Lewis Hamilton before the first stops and was able to get in front of him after his stop but much to everyones surprise Fernando was able to get in front of Kimi after his first stop. The good news for Ferrari was that Fernando's strategy didn't pan out and Kimi was able to run deeper into the race allowing him to take the lead after his second stop and cruise in for the win. Hopefully Ferrari can carry their recent success through the rest of the season and get back into contention for the championships.

Ferrari Back Where They Belong...In Front

McLaren arent going to walk away with the Championship without a fight from Ferrari. After a disappointing stint in North America Ferrari has managed to find the pace to win again in France. When race winner Kimi Raikkonen was asked what had improved with the car he simply said, “Everything! You can feel the improvement everywhere, really. In every corner. We are back where we expect to be.”

At the same time, Lewis Hamilton tried to downplay the feerari win by saying, “Both Kimi and Felipe said they made a good step forward at Silverstone, and we made a step forward too, but when you are behind people, as we were here, it is a lot harder to show your true pace. I don’t think they were as quick, as much faster, as it looked today. Traffic and strategy had a lot to do with that, so I still think we can bounce back at the next race, without a doubt.”

Silverstone marks the midpoint of the world championship, and McLaren currently have 114 points, Ferrari 89. So its still possible for a come from behind win for Ferrari in the constructors championship.

As for the driver standing things look a little worse for Ferrari. Ferrari is going to need some divine intervetion to make a comeback here considering how well Mclaren has done this year as far as reliability is concerened. Not that it cant happen but it is going to be a bigger uphill battle.

1 Lewis Hamilton British McLaren-Mercedes 64
2 Fernando Alonso Spanish McLaren-Mercedes 50
3 Felipe Massa Brazilian Ferrari 47
4 Kimi Räikkönen Finnish Ferrari 42

Hopefully Ferrari can carry the momentum forward to the UK next week.