There is a significant statistic that concerns the Grand Prix, and therefore the circuit of Barcelona. From 2009 to date, with the exception of 2013, the result made here by the best two pilots of Ferrari was also the final result of the championship. In 2013, the exception: Alonso won and at the end of the world came in second, but that was a miracle. I mention this because not why I suddenly enamored of statistics (for what is Iannelli) but to say what this circuit is significant and what the qualifications of today are likely to be important.
Here in Barcelona we arrived with a fascinating premise: that of the main team that brought in substantial track upgrade packs of cars, a kind of collective bet on the future of the season. Well, we can say that is what Ferrari is that of Mercedes have worked well. Maybe that some of Mercedes’ more. And so, in the end, the gap between the red and silver remained essentially unchanged from what we had seen in Asia. The framework, waiting to measure the car on race pace and so on tire wear, it is this: the Mercedes remains the undisputed leader, benchmark technical and technological; Ferrari is the only real pursuer (albeit from a safe distance); Red Bull is in crisis black and burning engines like matches; McLaren seems a bit ‘more solid but still too slow (although tomorrow it could be in the points).
Much more interesting to see what happened “inside” the stables. Rosberg has made its voice of Hamilton. And here I have to congratulate my colleague Roberto Chinchero Sky-Autosprint that, defying the odds of bookies (was given 7-1), predicted the pole of the blond is a psychological issue, I explained while, silly, laugh his prediction, if it does the pole now, can go home, and then make it. (Or they’ll do it to him? He asked a quiet voice inside me). Rosberg must now complete the work, taking advantage of a certain antipathy between Hamilton and this circuit. All cheering for him, obviously. Because if he wins the championship is still Hamilton would start to his most obvious conclusion after only five races.
Inside the Ferrari what happened is quite clear. A Vettel gave the car “Ages”, the product of the work done in Maranello in the past three months, while Raikkonen old car. A poor choice explainable in rational terms. It is not clear – we will try in the next few hours – if the Finn was asking to go back because they are not sure of the news, try yesterday in a day indecipherable because of the track conditions, or if it was the team (and in this case it would be interesting to know the reasons) who preferred to differentiate strategies penalizing the Finn. “We were not sure where we were – was the explanation of Vettel – so we decided to split the strategies.” The impression is that there is a lot of Kimi in this choice. But it is only an impression. Updates will follow.
The fact is that a pilot machine has worked the other did a nice flop, so that the poor Kimi was passed by the two Toro Rosso. It will start from seventh position, the fight for the world from there you can only imagine.
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