Comments on: Debate: Will Ferrari surge to the titles?

By: KB

KB — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:58:05 +0000

COME ON FERRARI…you know you can do it..

By: Julian

Julian — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 05:20:03 +0000

Nicely summed up. Any way you slice it, this is going the be the best season finish for some time!

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:34:04 +0000

Anyone who doesn’t see the clear superiority of Kimi over Felipe is looking at the underside of their eyelids.

Massa is truly a non-racer.

By: Wesley

Wesley — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:22:24 +0000

Kimi seems to be adjusting to his Ferrari pretty well but,without Massa’s help(who is obviously having some difficuties lately) not to mention their reliability problems ,I think they may fall a few points short without the help of the FIA.

By: f1punter

f1punter — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:20:17 +0000

Alonso is the one for me, but ironically it will aide Ferrari if he consistently outpoints Lewis.

By: Craig

Craig — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:53:07 +0000

Well said Dan M!!

McLaren seem a bit too far ahead to be caught in the Constructors (famous last words!), unless they are penalised for some off-track behaviour or their penalty from Hungary is upheld and increased by the FIA.

It would be good if the Driver’s Championship closed up a bit and we had a 3 or even 4 way battle for the title – would be the first time in a while!

By: Clive

Clive — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:05:35 +0000

McLaren may have a problem in the competition between their drivers but it is nothing new to them; they’ll cope. Ferrari have much bigger problems in that they too have two drivers with a shot at the title, but their car seems to give more trouble than does the McLaren. Remembering our disbelief when Michael Schumacher’s engine broke last year, thereby more or less handing the title to Alonso, we should also remember that it was so unbelievable because it had been unheard of in the preceding years.

In 2007 the Ferrari has become fragile in comparison. That may or may not be the result of the loss of team personnel like Ross Brawn and Nigel Stepney; it doesn’t really matter what caused it, the fact is that it is so. And that is why they don’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of lifting the constructors’ prize without the intervention of the FIA.

The driver’s championship is a little more possible, however.

By: Dan M

Dan M — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 15:01:33 +0000

I see Alonso getting the better of Hammy, but I don’t see Kimi winning every race. Alonso for the threepeat.

I wouldn’t mind seeing a McLaren actually fail this year (what a difference from last year!). Preferably the Hamster, hes only a rookie and deserves to be put in his place.

By: Alex Andronov

Alex Andronov — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:07:45 +0000

To my mind the most likely thing thing to bring Ferrari back into contention is the squabbling over at McLaren! Surely there’s a chance Alonso and Lewis will take each other out at a race between here and the end of the season. And if one tries it at one race, then the other will try and get them back the next. That’s the danger for McLaren.

By: Robert McKay

Robert McKay — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:53:36 +0000

I think Ferrari’s problem is that it’s too difficult to go picking one driver over the other yet. They’re only a point apart. Unless one of them DNF’s in the next couple of races and a decent gap between them opens then they are going to struggle to tell, say, Massa to let Kimi through because he is a whole point or two closer to the Mclarens.