quotehttp://www.f1i.com/live-f1/ Classement à 18h00 Pos Pilote Temps Tours 1 P. Maldonado 1:24.871 102 2 N. Rosberg 1:25.805 102 3 K. Räikkönen 1:26.480 93 4 E. Gutiérrez 1:26.972 84 5 S. Wolff 1:27.280 55 6 J. Bianchi 1:27.718 55 7 S. Vettel 1:27.973 72 8 D. Juncadella 1:28.278 91 9 S. Vandoorne 1:28.441 136 10 D. Kvyat 1:28.910 21
Circuit: Circuit de Catalunya – 4.655 km Driver: Kimi Raikkonen Car: Ferrari F14 T Weather: air temperature 13/27°C, track temperature 20/34 °C. Sunny Laps/Km completed: 94/438 Best lap: 1:26.480
Scuderia Ferrari ended up third fastest on the second and final day of the second of the three in-season tests planned for this year.
Constant speed runs for aero measurement work and set-up testing with the F14 T were on the agenda today. Kimi Raikkonen made up for some of the time lost yesterday to various difficulties, bringing a busy programme to a close at the Catalan track.
Most of the running was done on the Medium tyres, ending on the softer one. There were no problems today and the weather was much more spring-like than yesterday.
Scuderia Ferrari will be back in action at the Monaco Grand Prix, the sixth round of the world championship, over the weekend of 25th May, on the Monte Carlo street circuit.
quoteAllison: No magic wand to fix Ferrari’s problems By Luke Smith – May 26, 2014
James AllisonFerrari technical director James Allison has said that the team is working flat out to fix the problems with the F14 T car, but accepted that there is no quick solution to the issues.
Fernando Alonso came home in fourth place for the Italian marque at the Monaco Grand Prix, and Kimi Raikkonen was on track for a podium finish before his race was ruined by Max Chilton. Despite this strong result, Allison is under no illusion that changes need to be made at Maranello.
“In Monaco, we continued to analyse the areas in which the F14 T can be improved and now, we are looking ahead to the next race in Canada, where the package we will use there is a good step faster than the car we raced last weekend,” he explained. “While our development programme has progressed well in recent weeks, it is hard to predict exactly what this will mean for the competitiveness of the F14 T, as we do not know what steps our competitors plan to bring to Montreal.
“We must be able to make the most of the creativity and originality of our engineers. We know there is no magic wand, but there is a wealth of talent at Ferrari and we are working on an implementation and an approach to the work which allows it to emerge.”
The team was expected to struggle in Monaco because of the nature of the circuit, so the final result was something of a surprise. However, as Mercedes continues to forge ahead at the head of the field with Red Bull in hot pursuit, it will take a mighty effort from the team at Maranello if Ferrari is to win a race this season.
quoteRaikkonen a 'super-cool guy' - Mattiacci ESPN Staff May 27, 2014
New Ferrari team principal Marco Mattiacci has called Kimi Raikkonen a "super-cool guy" and says he is enjoying working with his driver.
Mattiacci joined the team at the Chinese Grand Prix after Stefano Domenicali's resigned and has now worked at three race weekends. Raikkonen is known as a man of little words in the media, but behind closed doors Mattiacci says it has been a pleasure working with the Finn.
"I have worked before in Finland for several months and I know quite well Finnish people," he said. "Kimi is someone that is Finnish but grew up internationally because of Formula One's travel. He is a super-cool guy and I like him very much. He always has open and very frank discussions and he is professional. He is a great person to work with."
Mattiacci said he has been able to communicate clearly and effectively with Raikkonen.
"We are all different so sometimes we need to tune the level of communication and the way we talk to people in order to be in the same frequency. I don't find any issue in dealing with Kimi, it's the opposite and I have no problem."
quoteFormula 1, rilancio della Ferrari per Adrian Newey Pronta una mega offerta: si parla di una cifra tra i 10 e 20 milioni a stagione
Il corteggiamento dura da anni, ma Adrian Newey non ha mai ceduto alle offerte della Ferrari, preferendo l'Inghilterra come luogo ideale per sviluppare la sua carriera e dimostrare il suo genio. Stavolta pare che a Maranello abbiano messo sul tavolo un rilancio difficile da rifiutare. La proposta si sviluppa su più piani. Tantissimi soldi ovviamente, tra i 10 e 20 milioni di euro a stagione, con la possibilità di lavorare nella più completa autonomia trovando spazio anche nella produzione di serie, inserendo nel pacchetto la possibilità di partecipare al progetto di una supercar esclusiva.
Un sogno per Adrian Newey che già alla Red Bull si era divertito a progettare un prototipo da 450 chilometri orari di velocità. Il percorso resta comunque difficilissimo. Newey ha infatti un contratto con la Red Bull che scadrà alla fine del 2015, in più pare che sia arrivata negli ultimi giorni una ricca offerta anche dalla Mercedes che rispetto alla Ferrari ha il vantaggio di avere la sua emanazione agonistica proprio in Inghilterra. Se poi l'operazione dovesse andare in porto per vedere i frutti del lavoro di Newey servirebbe attendere almeno due o tre stagioni, senza dimenticare il suo inserimento al vertice di un organigramma già affollato tecnici con un ruolo dirigenziale di alto livello. Insomma siamo alle prese con un progetto a medio o lungo termine che non è certo destinato a raddrizzare in fretta le sorti di una squadra che attende a partire dal Gran Premio del Canada novità utili per avvicinarsi almeno alle prestazioni della Mercedes.
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There is a bit of fluff under his eye. This guy want to remove it I think 
