Fernando lives on Ferrari B-spec hope
By Jay
June 8 2010
Fernando Alonso who appeared not confident on the upcoming big upgrades for Valencia GP, is now pinning hope on the same.
He was quoted as saying earlier that the upgrades wouldn't help Ferrari to catch the Red Bull or Mclaren, who are believed to be outpacing Ferrari by 8-9 tenths and 6-7 tenths of a second, respectively.
However, in his recent interview to France's Auto Hebdo, even though he initially sounded upset at the developments so far, he was positive on the upgrades for Valencia.
“The F10 has not changed since the Chinese grand prix.
“Apart from the blown wing (F-duct), which has not delivered everything that we expected, and has monopolised the efforts of the aero engineers, there has been nothing new.
“Except in Bahrain, we have been only defending, not attacking. I hope things will go better from Valencia, where the F10 should appear in a very advanced B specification.
“We are putting everything into this programme, knowing that the gap between us and Red Bull and McLaren is wide,” added the 28-year-old.
The rumours of Ferrari B-spec car has been around since the winter testing.
It suggested that their CFD-Expert, Guiseppe Azzollini, who was hired late last year from Toyota, was designing a bigger diffuser, providing extra downforce, which the F10 lacks presently, couldn't be fitted in to the current design, and hence the B-spec car.
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