F1: Ferrari Has A Lot Of Work To Do Says Dyer

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F1: Ferrari Has A Lot Of Work To Do Says Dyer

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso endured a miserable outing in Belgium...

Adam Cooper | http://www.speedtv.com | Posted August 30, 2010 Balen (BEL)

Ferrari teammates Fernando Alonso (Left) and Felipe Massa (Right) experienced different fortunes in the Belgian GP. (Photo: LAT Photographic)

Ferrari race engineering chief Chris Dyer says the team has a lot of work to do after “a difficult day” in the Belgian GP.

While Felipe Massa picked up some useful points with fourth, Fernando Alonso failed to score after his first lap assault from Rubens Barrichello, a failed tire gamble, and then a crash right at the end.

“A great race for Felipe. He really kept out of trouble, made all the right calls during the race, and managed to finish in a reasonable position,” said Dyer. “With the performance of the car this weekend, we couldn’t have expected too much more.

“On the other side of the garage, an extremely bad day for Fernando. Obviously it started in the first couple of laps, getting hit from behind, and that really ruined the race, and put him at the back. At that stage he tried the intermediate tire.

“Bit of a gamble, but we had nothing to lose. Then he got back on to the dry tires, came back through the field, but then was caught out on a wet track at the end, and didn’t finish the race.

“A difficult day for the championship, and we’ve got quite a lot of work to do for the last six races.”

The team will be doing a straightline test at Vairano this week to prepare its aero package for Monza. The team is likely to try wing configurations with and without an F-Duct.

Adam Cooper notched up his 25th season as a racing journalist in 2009. Born in London, England, he saw his first F1 race at age 10 in 1976. He began freelancing for Autosport magazine in 1985 and was on the fulltime staff from 1987-92. He then went freelance again, initially spending two years in Japan before following the 1994 Champcar series from a base in Indianapolis. He has not missed a Grand Prix since Suzuka ‘94, a run that has extended to Abu Dhabi ’09. Adam has written books about Eddie Irvine, Piers Courage and Michael Schumacher and hosts a race preview show on Sirius XM. He has written about F1 for SPEEDtv.com since 2005. Check out Adam's Blog or follow him on Twitter

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