It is becoming clear that Ferrari has a systemic problem: Fernando Alonso is an exceptional driver.No wait, bear with me a minute.
Does anyone seriously believe that Massa is a better driver than Raikkonen? Anyone? Well, except you in the back, you can sit down. But here in the real world, Massa is rated as inferior to Raikkonen. And yet, Massa found himself in Austria running ahead of not only his replacement at Ferrari, but his former team leader as well. In a driver-to-driver comparison, this is simply not a result you would expect.
And thus: the problem.
It is clear to me that Alonso's team mates are perhaps providing a realistic view into what the Ferrari cars provided are seriously capable of. Alonso, being Alonso, is capable of extracting more performance from those cars than mere mortals can -- providing Ferrari with a false sense of accomplishment, and plain making his team mates look bad.
Ferrari needs to figure out how to make a car that mere mortals can drive.
Until then, success will continue to elude Ferrari.
