More reason to believe in Alonso
Alonso has right between the eyes victory at the Belgian Grand Prix to be held at the legendary Spa circuit and has reason to be hopeful, his car is the most reliable so far this season. Ferrari has only suffered neglect, one that took place in the Malaysian Grand Prix, during the early stages of the championship.
The great rival Alonso, Webber and Vettel have a car less reliable than the Spaniard. The Red Bulls have dropped three times, two of them because of accidents and the other due to mechanical problems. The most memorable was the abandonment of German Sebastian Vettel in the Turkish Grand Prix following his collision with team-mate, Australian Mark Webber.
The study counted the number of laps completed and Ferrari has given nearly a hundred laps longer than Red Bull. This is the conclusion reached by the German magazine Auto Motor und Sport ‘, author of the study. The team of the Prancing Horse has not taken all the performance of the reliability of his car because five times Massa and Alonso finished outside the points.
Good news for the Hispania
Among the newcomers to Formula 1 championship, the team is the most reliable Hispania with ‘only’ eight retirements and Lotus and Virgin than the Spanish team. The car is less reliable than ‘enjoy’ De la Rosa and Kobayashi is that the team has had 13 Sauber dropouts, seven of them sustained by the Spanish.