Fernando Alonso is more adaptable than Kimi Raikkonen and better able to cope with a difficult car.<\/p>\n
That is the claim of Ferrari’s recently-ousted technical chief Pat Fry, musing the key differences between the Maranello team’s 2014 pairing.<\/p>\n
For 2015, Spaniard Alonso has switched to McLaren-Honda, but Raikkonen is staying put and will be joined this year by his friend Sebastian Vettel.<\/p>\n
Ferrari’s champion of 2007, and having thrived at Lotus, Finn Raikkonen notably struggled alongside Alonso last year and Briton Fry thinks he knows why.<\/p>\n
“There were two issues,” he is quoted by Brazil’s Totalrace.<\/p>\n
“The first is that Fernando is more adaptable and the second is that the limitations of the car and tyres are especially difficult with Kimi’s driving style.<\/p>\n
“It was the same at McLaren,” Fry added, having also worked with Raikkonen at the British team.<\/p>\n
“He was very sensitive to the front of the car — when he and Montoya were together, I think we had about seven different front suspensions for the season.<\/p>\n
“To get the most out of Kimi, you need to give him the car to do it,” he said.<\/p>\n
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