Jambier wrote: ↑07 Feb 2022, 14:46
wowgr8 wrote: ↑07 Feb 2022, 14:24
Jambier wrote: ↑07 Feb 2022, 11:50
I really really hope that 2022 is Ferrari come back, at least 4 wins in the year, we need Ferrari strong
I would bite your entire arm off if you offered me 4 wins this season, I'd consider that a huge success but I'm very sceptical and keeping my expectations low
With a brand new car like this there's just so much that could go wrong and there's bound to be some teams that get it wrong
They are "not allowed" to fail to be honest.
Ferrari is Ferrari, top team, big money, they absolutely need to win races and they cannot miss 2022.
They are in a situation where the only option is to succeed, a bit like Alpine, for 2022.
I'm not saying win the title, but at least be in the mix and win many races. I don't see any reason not to to be honnest, they need to get back at 2019 level minimum
It would be nice to have Ferrari up there again, but I don’t agree that they are “not allowed to fail” or something. Although most people here only know Ferrari as a winning team, they had lots of droughts and were for many years a good contender for some good finishes but not for championships or even race wins.
For Ferrari in particular, and to some extent for Mercedes and RedBull, a new way of racing begins. Pre-1980-ish and post-1996 money was no problem. They had PMI in their corner and no budget cap. It was “what ever it takes”. This is gone now and some teams have to figure out how to be efficient and successful. This is easier then done. Look at McLaren how it was finding their new structure after Daimler left in 2010, of course they had engine trouble, but also needed a restructure. You just can’t buy yourself out of the midfield. If you look at who’s who at Ferrari at the moment, they did the beautiful thing of promoting young engineers and rely on their own people, instead of open their wallet and buy every good engineer down the pit lane. They done the same with the drivers. What I do mis, or what McLaren did cleaverly, is add to that young team, a few experienced (but not old) people from outside.
From the outside at least, it doesn’t look like the well oiled machines of RedBull and AMG. I expect-ish a fight between those two and with a bit of distance Ferrari with McLaren and Alpine.