Has Ferrari disclose the reason behind the failure of Kimi's F2007??
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Once the seven-time champion had finished chatting to the media he went into the garage to say hello to his former mechanics and engineers. I'm told they stopped working on Raikkonen's car and rushed over to welcome Michael back the minute he put his head round the door. Which, if true, might just be another little irritant for the Finn - couldn't they save the catch-ups for a more suitable time?
Are you serious? If you want to blame "driving style" for destryoing a car (which I disagree with), how can you ignore Raikkonen's statistics and only point out Sato's 2004 season? How was Sato's engine failures any different from Raikkonen's engine failures at McLaren? In the same 2004 season, Raikkonen had even more engine failures and worse reliability, yet you can dismiss Raikkonen's reliability troubles as issues with his car, but when it comes to Sato you blame the engine failures on his driving style? Personally I do not attribute the engine failures to be the fault of the driver in both cases, but rather to a combination of knife-edge engineering and bad luck. However, for you to blame Sato's driving for his failures, but not for Raikkonen is completely contradictory and actually goes against the evidence on hand.m3_lover wrote:The only case that I know of a driving style destroying a car was Takuma Sato and his duties at BAR. For some reason his driving style invoked alot of engine failures during the 2004 season I believe
You must be mistaken, how could they blame the shifting manner? It's an electro-hydraulically actuated gearbox - you pull the paddle (which is basically a switch) to change gears! There is no clutch, no linkage, no mechanical connection between the paddle and the gearbox. What you're saying is that Sato broke the elevator by the way he pressed the elevator button.modbaraban wrote:I heard something about Honda blaming his shifting manner back then...ConsFW wrote:I recall Honda admitting in 2004 that they had no idea why Sato had the reliability issues - they never blamed it on his driving style or anything he did for that matter.
Who knows.checkered wrote:alternator (or something about its electronics and/or wiring). Kimi couldn't have broken it by driving - he would have had to reach in and rip the wires out by hand to have anything to do with the problem.
Like "we had a fuel pickup problem" meaning they run out of fuel. The alternator with all wiring is still a mechanical device. I'm sure you can cause issues to it, if you keep trashing the car over kerbs or whatever. One day it might be the alternator, the other day something else. I'm not saying Kimi caused it, but I'm saying there's a chance a driver can cause something like this. 
Kimi is a completely different personality altogether, why dont they realise this...drivers shud nt do things just bcoz the fans like it..and even the Italian press crucified Massa after the Malaysian GP for throwing it off the road...what about that eh?pRo wrote:Interestingly, italian magazine Corriere della Sera had a reader survey about who they would like to be the #1 on Ferrari. They got 7353 answers, 86,7% voted for Massa. They said that Massa speaks italian and gives autographs and talks to the fans after the race. They also liked a lot that he's sympathic. According to them Kimi is just the opposite, he's sour, likes to be alone, doesn't give autographs and leaves the scene right after the race.
I know how it works. I meant TIMING and gear selectionConsFW wrote:You must be mistaken, how could they blame the shifting manner? It's an electro-hydraulically actuated gearbox - you pull the paddle (which is basically a switch) to change gears! There is no clutch, no linkage, no mechanical connection between the paddle and the gearbox. What you're saying is that Sato broke the elevator by the way he pressed the elevator button.modbaraban wrote:I heard something about Honda blaming his shifting manner back then...ConsFW wrote:I recall Honda admitting in 2004 that they had no idea why Sato had the reliability issues - they never blamed it on his driving style or anything he did for that matter.
Like using downshift for engine breaking too often might be harmful for the engine for instance. I'm sure they do realize it...and that's the issue. I'm also sure they wouldn't care how he behaved, if he was the Schumacher replacement he was supposed to be. But now that Massa seems to be just as fast, if not faster, the personality surely doesn't help him.ds.raikkonen wrote:Kimi is a completely different personality altogether, why dont they realise this...drivers shud nt do things just bcoz the fans like it.pRo wrote:Interestingly, italian magazine Corriere della Sera had a reader survey about who they would like to be the #1 on Ferrari. They got 7353 answers, 86,7% voted for Massa. They said that Massa speaks italian and gives autographs and talks to the fans after the race. They also liked a lot that he's sympathic. According to them Kimi is just the opposite, he's sour, likes to be alone, doesn't give autographs and leaves the scene right after the race.
