Comments on: Anderson suspects Ferrari team orders

By: Clive

Clive — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:22:29 +0000

Agreed.

By: aracerdude

aracerdude — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:19:42 +0000

Kimi reminded me of what Schu would do when his Ferrari teammates pitted, run his fastest laps of the race up to that point. Kimi did a great job of doing just that.

We should give credit where credit is due.

By: Clive

Clive — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:12:20 +0000

Agreed, Number 38 - easy to say with hindsight that it was all planned, not so easy in the race. And impossible before the race starts, when you don’t know who is going to be what position and what the lap speeds are going to be.

By: Number 38

Number 38 — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:09:14 +0000

Massa’s pitstop was 8.5 secs, Kimi’s stop was 7.9 seconds and we saw Kimi’s lead when Massa exited the pits was only a 100 feet or so, let’s say about .6 of a second !!!! I find it hard to believe that was PLANNED. LUCK is what that was but I will give Kimi credit he did extend his lead 4 seconds in the 10 laps before Massa exited.

By: Clive

Clive — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:09:07 +0000

Like those Renault pit-to-car messages from last year - “Fisi, you’re faster than him, pass him”, “You need to push now, Fisi”, “A little faster and you’ll catch him, Fisi.” I can just imagine Fisi’s muttered responses inside his helmet - “D’ya think I’m not trying, ya b*****d!” Poor Fisi - still, he seems to be getting the last laugh this year.

And you’re right, Aracer, whether there were team orders or not, it was Kimi who put in the quick laps to get past Massa and that’s what really matters.

By: aracerdude

aracerdude — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:49:37 +0000

Team orders may say ‘push as fast as possible with Felipe in the pits and we can get you out before Felipe.’

But Kimi ran a blistering lap while Felipe was in the pits, that is up to the driver to control.