I believe that it is a combination of many things.
First of all, Fernando is a really strong driver, probably the strongest on the grid at the moment + he is really good in politics + he has a very strong reputation within the team.
Secondly, even though Kimi was in Ferrari 5 years ago, it's still a new team for him.
Then, he has new and unexperienced engineer. There is a huge room for improvement for both of them as a team. I think if he has Mark Slade with him, it'd be easier for him to adapt. Having said that we should give them a time, just imagine how much pressure Spagnolo has on his shoulders. The biggest change in rules for many years, star driver, not the best car to work with etc. Compare it to Stella and Alonso, who worked with each other for last 4 years.
Then there is a car. I don't want to say that F14T was designed for Alonso only but it's obvious that team didn't have any time to made any fundamental changes in design of the car in order to help Kimi.
Then there is a politics. Ferrari is famous for that and I think that there's a lot of things going on that we can't see. It doesn't help to Kimi as well. Who knows what new TP has in mind, what LdM has in mind.
Then there is bad luck. Kimi lost FP1 and had problems during whole weekend. It didn't help too. He desperately needs more time behind the wheel without any troubles. Plus, don't forget that Kimi was hit by Magnussen in Malaysia.
Then there is his driving style. He admitted that he need to change it in order to make these tyres work. It will take time.
Many, many factors. It is easy to just say that Kimi lost his motivation or that he isn't that good as Alonso etc.
I believe that Kimi will do better. How better it depends on him, on his willingness to change things, to make it works etc. And I believe that he is determine to do that, otherwise why on earth did he choose Ferrari? He is there to give Alonso hard times and beat him.
But also, it depends on the team and I think that they hire him not because they had spare 20 millions. They hire him for a reason. To win WCC and WDC. That is why they will help him. Otherwise, it makes no sense at least to me, Bianchi would have been better candidate for a position. I hope Marco Mattiaci and Kimi will get on well and the fact that SD is gone will not hurt Kimi positions within the team.
To sum up, let's just wait a little bit more. It's easy to blame a driver after one bad race, but is it fair?
Edited by Exumer, 21 April 2014 - 06:29.