The report was showed in Britain's Times newspaper, whose sources revealed that Ferrari has already started work on a development version of the F10. According to the British publication, the first fears about the F10's lack of competitiveness surfaced in the Italian media, referring to the F10 as being “not as good as the team were hoping for.”
The reports were strengthened by the latest declarations of former Ferrari driver and grand prix winner Gerhard Berger, who told Switzerland's Blick newspaper that the Scuderia is currently missing the level of performance from the early-to-mid 2000s due to the disappearance of important members of the team.
“Even with Alonso, Ferrari's overall package is not as strong as it once was with Schumacher. They are now missing (Jean) Todt, (Ross) Brawn and the often underestimated designer (Rory) Byrne. And without the right people, soon you are lost,” said the Austrian driver.
Of course, these may very well be a negative campaign against Ferrari, being that the teams are yet to test their machines prior to the 2010 season. For the time being, we can't issue a verdict on anything, as neither Ferrari, nor their rivals McLaren Mercedes or Mercedes GP have put their new cars to the track test.
The first outing of these new cars will take place on Monday, on Valencia's Ricardo Tormo Circuit. The testing period allowed by the FIA this winter includes 15 days, plenty of time for all teams to adjust their cars prior to Bahrain.
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