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There has been a lot written in the press about the performance deficit of the Bridgestone rubber. Personally I think this is a blatant untruth. For the past 2 races Bridgestone tyres have posted the fastest race laps.
The problem over a single flying lap and the tyres temperature window is not insurmountable. There does seem to be problem with the TOIT chassis although we'll never hear that from Maranello. My sources tell me that there will soon be a shake up in their design office and the introduction of a revised chassis. So a lot of their testing is not for tyre development but rather chassis performance.
Having said all that I think the championship is going to distill down to a Swervemaker/ Raikkonen fight. Macca and Toit have the leading cars. Renault, Toyota come next with a squabble between BAR, Williams, Sauber and RBR to get on to the back of that group.
Minardi are leading Jordanski.
Speaking of Jordanski, is this Irvine takeover real or BS? He might be a canny businessman but I think his team management would be like his deiving, not very good!
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Mika Salo was another one of the commentators. He also said that the mood at TOIT was so bad that employees hardly talked to each other and even went to eat separately.
With Michelin having the better tyre, Ferrari can only qualify in 8-12 position because there are so many good teams on Michelin. That's too far away from the front to win. If Bridgestone had more teams, the best Bridgestone team would probably be 4-6 and with a good shot at winning races.