FERRARI FINALLY WINS AFTER 18 MONTHS !!!

Michael Schumacher fended off Fernando Alonso for most of the San Marino Grand Prix to nurse his Ferrari to an 85th career victory. Despite a flying start Schumacher struggled with tyre problems after his first pit stop and spent most of the afternoon containing Alonso's determined challenge. Looks like the hard work by the Ferrari dream team finally paid off, this is the beginning of Ferrari's return to dominance.

SCHUMI GETS HIS RECORD SETTING 66TH POLE!

Schumi got his record setting 66^th pole position Saturday in Imola. He set a pace of 1'22"795 to start first on the grid on race day in Imola. He is now the all time pole positions leader beating Aryton Senna’s record of 65 pole positions. No one will ever top Schumi, he is simply the best!!!

Schumi Fastest In First Practice

Michael Schumacher left the Ferrari pits with just four minutes of the one hour opening practice session of the San Marino Grand Prix weekend remaining. As the chequered flag flew, Schumacher vaulted to the top of the timesheets with a best lap of 1:24.751s.

Ferrari Will Win This Weekend

Ferrari's Ross Brawn says that all the problems with the 248 F1 have been resolved, including the V8 problem with the pistons, therefore Ferrari will be able to hit maximum speeds with the new fixes.

Schumi says that the testing has gone very well and there are some new aero changes which has made the car much more competitive, he is confident the whole package will work very well this weekend, especially with the cooler temperature in Imola favoring bridgestone tires.

Ferrari lost 'secrets' to rivals – Brawn

Three key losses contributed to the demise of Ferrari's dominance in Formula One.

That is the claim of Technical Director Ross Brawn, who referred to the past defections of Nicholas Tombazis, James Allison and Antonia Terzi in the Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung newspaper.

The Briton denied that the rise of rivals had more to do with Ferrari's use of only a single wind tunnel, while some others run with two. Instead, he reckons the key defectors took Ferrari's aerodynamic 'secrets' to chasing teams.

Brawn said: “It meant that our competitors put more into the area of aerodynamics and closed the gap in that way.”

What Happenned To Ferrari?

Just as I predicted, Ferrari are having as many problems as they had last season.

Many of you ask why, here is my analysis:

The problem stems from the 2004 off season. Ferrari did not prepare early enough for the introduction of the new rules, and they released their F2005 earlier than expected, which meant that they did not test enough. All the other teams prepared well in advance for the aerodynamic and tire rule changes. Bridgestone did not get the job done with their tires, Michelin out did them big time. All through the 2005 season, Ferrari struggled for pace, and could not get through a whole race successfully on one set of Bridgestone tires. Their qualifying laps were awful since their tires needed a large amount of time to warm up. Last but not least, do not forget the the F2005 was the first car in six years that was not designed by Ferrari genius Rory Byrne. The F2005 was designed by Aldo Costa, he missed big time.

So here comes 2006, you think they would have learned their lesson from 2005. It seems like many people at Ferrari are making bad decisions. First of all, they release their 2006 challenger, the 248 F1, but the majority of the time they are testing a F2004 with a limited V10, I still don’t understand to this day why. You would think that they would test the car they will use in the 2006 season. Secondly, they waste a lot of valuable testing time on Valentino Rossi, not worth it in my opinion. Thirdly, Aldo Costa designed the car again.

Now 3 races in, and only 1 podium in the first race and a pole position, (remember they tested in Bahrain in the off season, so it does not surprise me that they did well there). A few points in the second race, and disaster in the 3^rd race. They showed up to the Australian grand prix with the wrong tires and basically destroyed 3 cars (Massa destroyed 1 in qualifying). The reason they brought the wrong tries is because they did not properly test for these conditions in Fiorano because of all the rain. Which brings me to another question, why didn’t they test with the other teams in Barcelona?

On top of all this, the team is not getting any younger, and a lot of key people have already left or will be leaving soon. And king Schumi is not getting any younger, but he is the only one with passion left. It seems like the team has lost their motivation to win. They are not testing and practicing as much as they used to. And finally, Felipe Massa, who can’t even brake properly, this was a bad move. The only reason he is in there is because of Jean Todt’s son, Nicholas Todt, Felipe’s agent. But then again, he is only a 1 year fill in, because the new king is on his way, Kimi Raikkonen.

Many people ask if Schumi still has it, I believe he does, but Ferrari has to give him the car to do it. A man of his talent and success deserves a team that is 100% behind him and that will give him a championship winning car every race, right now he does not have this, and this is why the results are not acceptable at the moment.

Being the die hard Ferrari and Schumi fan that I am, I am not losing hope, I believe that they will bounce back, but they have to act quickly, because Renault is already in the lead by a big margin. Ferrari needs the discipline and motivation they had over the past 6 years.

Australia Results

1. Alonso
2. Raikkonen
3. R Schumacher
4. Heidfeld
5. Fisichella
6. Villeneuve
7. Barrichello
8. Coulthard

Someone please tell me why Alonso acts like an idiot everytime he wins!!!

Disaster Weekend For Ferrari In Melbourne

Both Felipe Massa and Michael Schumacher crashed theirs cars in Melbourne this weekend to walk away pointless. The qualifying was not better either as both cars did not even make it into the top 10. Ferrari has alot of work to do to catch up, Renault is flying away as they get their 3rd win of the season and Alonso gets his second.