Arrivabene: The team lacks “peasant wit”

Author of the article: , published on October 6, 2018.

Ferrari boss Maurizio Arrivabene said after the crash in the qualifiers, where Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel started the last part of the qualifiers on light rain tires, even though the track was dry, that the wrong choice of tires was unacceptable and at odds with common sense.

Vettel will start the race for the Grand Prix of Japan only from eighth place (although he only reached the ninth time), as Ferrari wrongly predicted the arrival of rain and sent their racer to the track on light rain tires. When they realized their mistake and the racers in the pits put the tires on the dry track, the expected rain really came, but by then practically all the competitors had already driven a fast lap on the dry track, and the Ferrari racers were already driving on partly wet. Raikkonen was in the pits a bit earlier than Vettel and will start the race from fourth place.

The German did not want to criticize the team for the mistake, and Arrivabene, who is expected to say goodbye to the role of team boss at the end of the season, was sharper. “Given how we did our job, the best starting position was not within our reach, but what happened today is unacceptable,” he said. “I am very angry. This was not the first time such a mistake had occurred. I don't want to point a finger at an individual, but I'm very disappointed. ”

Arrivabene therefore did not want to expose the main culprit, but stressed that the decision-making process behind the command desk is not good enough, and that team members may lack an experienced mentor. “Unlike previous mistakes, it was quite easy to understand what was going on on the track as all of our boxing competitors drove on dry track tires. Sometimes it may be helpful to look at the track instead of at a computer monitor, and use common sense in making decisions. It is true that we are a young team and we probably lack an experienced person who is able to quickly and correctly assess situations, "he said, adding about the changes in the team's organization:" The final calculation is done at the end of the year. If necessary, we will take action. "

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