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**UtidaBrar** · 01-08-2009, 01:44 PM

I suspect that we'll not even have an idea of how advanced they are until the qualifying on the Saturday of the first GP. There could be a lot of benefit in foxing or fudging results that they publish, because if they are "seen" to be performing poorly then that means that they might have set the bar a little lower than otherwise - tactically that's smart.

No, I think they are just lagging behind. Every single report and rumor out there basically states how much trouble they are having with the KERS system.

Especially with Force India, they lost a bunch of Income due to the fact they told Mallya they couldn't guarentee they would have a functioning KERS system. Giving up money for a slight tactical advantage seems petty.

Also, the latest report they are partnering with Peugot to help with their KERS system since Peugot has already developed their own KERS system apparently mostly in-house. Apparently they are going to try to run their system in the prototype car to avoid having to test on the few remaining test days.

Everything points to Ferrari being behind schedule in regards to KERS.

01-08-2009, 01:44 PM	#6
UtidaBrar Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 466 Senior Member	I suspect that we'll not even have an idea of how advanced they are until the qualifying on the Saturday of the first GP. There could be a lot of benefit in foxing or fudging results that they publish, because if they are "seen" to be performing poorly then that means that they might have set the bar a little lower than otherwise - tactically that's smart. No, I think they are just lagging behind. Every single report and rumor out there basically states how much trouble they are having with the KERS system. Especially with Force India, they lost a bunch of Income due to the fact they told Mallya they couldn't guarentee they would have a functioning KERS system. Giving up money for a slight tactical advantage seems petty. Also, the latest report they are partnering with Peugot to help with their KERS system since Peugot has already developed their own KERS system apparently mostly in-house. Apparently they are going to try to run their system in the prototype car to avoid having to test on the few remaining test days. Everything points to Ferrari being behind schedule in regards to KERS.
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