Do you think Ferrari are missing Brawn?

Question

Ross Brawn get its right and brings a Honda home in 3rd place ,Right tyres at the right time,it would have been second if there was not a fuel problem.

Ferrari get it wrong again and throw away a second or even a first place. wrong tyres at the wrong time.

Do you think Ferrari are missing Brawn?

Answer 1

God Forbid its as though The Very Prancing Horse Itself Has Bolted

Answer 2

Brawn is one of the best strategist out there,Ferrari should have put him charge and thing would have been different.

I would even hire Alonso in place of one of the current drivers.,

in 2005 Luca  DI Montezemolo wanted Brawn ,Todt and schumi out for whatever reason but he had to wait,  he got his wish for the end of 2006,be careful what you wish for.

Ferrari may have won last year but i think it was more like mclaren threw it away in the last few races than Ferrari won it on talent alone.

Answer 3

Gatorade, Rubens would say that wouldn't he?!

With respect, Ferrari are missing the triumvirate of Todt-Schumacher-Brawn. When they are 'on it' no one can touch them but by god when they go wrong they go wrong big time, its as though the past 10 years never happened!

I'm sure after this catastrophe, Hockenheim will feel their wrath!

Answer 4

Rubens actually called for the tyres not the team. And Ferrari might miss him abit but Ferrari have a team full of talented members that got them the world championship last year and they are top of the constructors now, so even though he benefited the team there is still allot of very talented team members and very talented drivers.

Answer 5

Me personally thinks ...  

Ross is still rusty from his year off

Ok  new team ....  new responsibilty

As stated Rubens called the shot on full wets

Honda seem to do things the hard way

If Ross has his way....  I think he would have  Jenson as a test driver and bring in new blood  

I would like to see Anthony Davidson have a drive for the Honda team ......  but its only a dream

I dont think Ferrari need Brawn....   he has made a few bad calls too,  but these you dont remember

I hope Honda get a decent car next year and get rid of DUMBO the elephant

Answer 6

Ferrari did s***w up big time, but the wet tyres decision was Ruben's call. No doubt they do miss him, Brawn didn't want to be a strategist anymore though, Team Principal was waiting for him.

Three Putt in the Japanese GP last year, it was not Ferrari's fault. The email from the FIA arrived after the race had started, so Massa and Raikkonen were made to pit for extreme wets.

Answer 7

It is obvious they are.  Japanese GP last year, Monaco this year, yesterday at Silverstone - three wet races the team made an entirely avoidable tyre blunder.

At some point I think you have to look to the drivers as well.  A "complete" driver like Prost, Schumacher and Alonso would not allow these strategy mistakes to crop up so regularly.

Answer 8

"I took the decision… I was already there. I said I’m coming in and I’m coming for the extreme."

It was Rubens who made that descision himself but Brawn has had a positive influence on the Honda team and they are headed in the right direction.

Answer 9

Brawn was a massively important figure for Ferrari... though are they missing him?  Since he's gone they've won a driver's and constructor's championship and are in the mix for both again!  And while I have thought (especially with some of the earlier wet tire issues) "that wouldn't have happened with Brawn," I can't say that in this situation.

Ferrari thought the rain had passed, and made a tire choice based on that.  If it had continued to dry, Hamilton would have had the slower tire (and due to tread squirm, one that would have degraded faster too), while Ferrari could've run longer and faster.  Weather prediction is tough, and tougher at a location like Silverstone.  They thought they had it right, but it was a gamble, and a gamble they lost.

And as for a driver like Alonso not allowing such a strategy mistake, did you somehow miss that he also stayed with the same tires?

In a given instant, they may miss his experience... last year when there were so many mechanical issues I often thought "they are missing Brawn."  But this?  No, they are not missing him.

Answer 10

Yes, I think they are missing him. They haven't found someone to replace him that's good enough at it. Ferrari used to be the best when it came to strategy (there's dozens of examples, remember Hungry 1998?), but now they seem to be one of the worst when decisions need to be made mid-race.

At this race Ferrari were perhaps a bit unlucky. The computers told them it wasn't going to rain again, and they acted accordingly.

Answer 11

yes,  something is wrong with the thinking at ferrari, and  silverstone is not the first time.  they seem to have a quick car which is easy on tyres, but the rivalry between drivers is becoming a problem. e.g  massa was last, spun a few times and should have been put on extreme wets, i believe he would have cut through the tail-end, maybe even into the points, even if he needed tyres sooner, also could have been guinea pig for team-mate. instead he continued to struggle and spun off a few more times, baldiseri has made a big mistake, the tactics were  not so good,and he is in charge not the drivers. it would be a shame to see a top team with top drivers and a top crew, to loose out to bad decision making.

Answer 12

Yes, experience counts, it will take a few years for any replacement to get anywhere near as good.

It relies on gut feeling as much as what a computer says.

Answer 13

Yes! The wit and wisdom accrued by him- no computer can match. His sensibilities are exquisite. Of course they will miss him. But his new challenge with Honda is probably comparable to the challenge he faced when he joined Ferrari.