I wanted to wait a day or so to let myself calm down after the race Sunday.  I am getting frustrated with our season because I can’t get my hands around why we can’t compete with Mclaren and Red Bull.  I know that Massa is not getting it done, so I have let go of him for the rest of the season.  Ferrari will have to fight that internal battle to figure out what is going on with him before next season starts.  That leaves me with Alonso.  Experienced, aggressive, and confident, Fernando Alonso seems to have everything needed to take control of the season.  Maybe that means Scuderia Ferrari has slipped up in the garage.  The pit crews did everything you could hope they would do to provide Alonso an opportunity to compete with Hamilton and Webber.  Now I am even more confused with our lack of performance.  ini the Closing laps of the race, Alsonso was able to get the car into position to give Hamilton a fight, but nothing materialized.  All season, except for Bahrain, nothing has materialized.  At some point in every race there is that point where I get excited because we are where we need to be.  And poof.  As quickly as we get in position, Mclaren and Red Bull pull off ahead and Ferrari is left seemingly missing that extra Umph needed to take first place.

Don’t get me wrong, I am really happy with Alonso’s podium finish and I very much have confidence in his abilities, but after watching Montreal, I am left thinking about what exactly it is that our team is missing.  Maybe I just just need to come to terms with the competitive nature of a sport that is often decided by 1/100 of a second or stray debris blown out onto the track.