Realistic Expectations for Ferrari in 2016 Formula 1 Season

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Published: January 26, 2016

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The problem with high expectations is that they have a nasty habit of breeding disappointment.

Whenever you set yourself a clear, defined aim in any given task, it is human nature to become obsessed with meeting that goal, even to the extent where the pressure of those expectations can sometimes become all-consuming and ultimately counterproductive, distorting your sense of perspective.

Even if you fall just slightly short of your intended target, there is a tendency to rue what you didn't achieve rather than what you did; to torture yourself with those missed opportunities, rather than reflecting on the chances you did take.



To stare at the long road ahead, rather than celebrating how far you've come.

That, in many ways, was the true beauty of Ferrari's resurgence in the 2015 Formula One season.

After chewing up and spitting out two different team principals—not to mention a long-serving president and countless other high-profile staff members—over the course of the team's first winless season in two decades in 2014, Ferrari entered last year with no expectations whatsoever.



The pre-season target of two grand prix wins set by Maurizio Arrivabene, according to ESPN F1's Nate Saunders, felt like a number plucked from thin air as this new-look team, cleansed from five years of underachievement with Fernando Alonso, were afforded the freedom to express themselves once more.

With a point to prove, but crucially without the overwhelming burden normally associated with a Ferrari team, they could rely on adventurous, aggressive thinking to rediscover the winning habit.

On the days it worked—most memorably Sebastian Vettel's three assured victories in Malaysia, Hungary and Singapore—Ferrari were a team reborn, revelling in the simple act of going motor racing again.



And when it didn't? When Seb had se...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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