Ferrari reveal they have officially started working on their 2012 Formula 1 car
Ferrari have recently revealed that they have started working on their ‘innovative’ new 2012 Formula 1 car as they are aware that the 2011 car’s development is almost ‘complete” and there’s not many upgrades left to introduce for the car.
The team struggled to perform during the early stages of the 2011 Formula 1 season as a result of which they fell way behind McLaren and Red Bull Racing in terms of statistics.
However, the team is lucky to have a driver like Fernando Alonso who was able to catch up in the second half of the season and is now one of the championship leader Sebastian Vettel’s closest rivals.
The team’s principal Stefano Domenicali has admitted though that the rest of the season depends on their current car and performance and the team has the capability of challenging for wins for the rest of the 2011 Formula 1 season.
“Our realistic goal for the remaining eight grands prix is to win races, to score as many points as possible. I am sure we can achieve good results, but we should avoid looking at the classification, because we know the championship will be very difficult
given the current gap, but let's see where it is in a few races,” he told the media.
Other than that, he stated that since the 2012 Formula 1 season might not introduce some new rules and regulations as a result of which, the new 2012 car is going to be a further development of the 2011 car.
“As far as next year's regulations are concerned, apart from rules regarding the exhaust system, there are not many changes, therefore the new cars can be described as a development of the 2011 car,” he said.
Ferrari are currently in 3rd place in the constructors’ standings disappointingly since Felipe Massa has not been able to cope up with the top running drivers of the sport.
However, the team is hoping for much better results in the future as they want nothing less than championships each year.
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