Ferrari and Mercedes GP are thinking about 2012
With the explosive start to the championship by Red Bull Racing and Sebastian Vettel, some teams are placing all their hopes for success on the next season.
The start of the season is a real cold shower for Red Bull Racing’s opponents. Six poles in as many races and five victories for Sebastian Vettel who is soaring in the championship. At Ferrari, while Fernando has not yet admitted total defeat, even though he admits it’s going to be difficult, they are already working on the 2012 car with the aim of being more aggressive to dethrone Red Bull in the championship.
« We discussed the problems we are encountering this season and we have decided to be more aggressive with this new project, » explains Nikolas Tombazis, chief designer of Scuderia.
On the Mercedes GP side, they are also thinking about the F1 2012 season. After a disappointing 2010 season, the German team clearly hoped to turn things around this season. Nico Rosberg was very optimistic after the last tests in Barcelona, where the W02 achieved the best absolute time of the off-season in the hands of Michael Schumacher.
However, it must be acknowledged that the outcome is, once again, quite disappointing for the star-branded team. The best result for the team is two fifth positions, in China and Turkey, while Rosberg had reached the podium twice at the same time last season.
When asked about his team’s start to the season by the Italian daily Corriere della Sera, Ross Brawn promises an excellent car for next season. “We have all the elements we need to build an excellent car next season,” says Brawn.
What is certain is that it will be necessary to quickly regain the top of the hierarchy at the risk of tiring the board of the German manufacturer and seeing, perhaps, Nico Rosberg, considered one of the best drivers of his generation, looking to see if the grass isn’t greener elsewhere.
