@genius83
I dont know how much reliability they lost trying to make the engine more efficient. The chances of it happening are more if a team is trying for performance. Plus if it happened to both Ferrari drivers- it would be a worry, but one, the wrong one, seems to be doing quite okay. Still, it has to be a cause of concern and more than fuel efficiency it's probably to do with the whole package because it's mostly a worry in hot conditions.
European summers are not so harsh as the heat of Bahrain or Malaysia. Hungaroring might be trouble and so too Valencia as you pointed out. Clearly the team would have liked all engines intact as Ferrari pretty much had trouble free winter testing. The one positive they can take heart from is the reliability concerns of their main competition, Red Bull:)
Schumacher thinks not much has changed at the front. That's what he told reporters after free practice two. Interesting were the speed trap numbers, with Ferrari not so far behind. Their F-duct seems on schedule. Alonso tried parts of it this morning, though not the complete package. Ferrari seems to be there or there abouts judging from James Allen's report and should be fighting for the front row tomorrow.
The most interesting thing for me will be the speed of Red Bull in qualifying tomorrow. Are they, were they running something which was against the rules and after clarification from the FIA, might need to remove/adjust it. If The Ferrari is closer than two tenths in qualifying tomorrow, provided both, Red Bull and Ferrari drivers do clean laps, than eyebrows will be raised.
JA writes;
Through the speed trap Kobayashi and Hamilton were clocked at 312km/h on Shanghai’s long main straight, with Alonso at 311 km/h.
The two ultra long right-handed corners could prove quite influential in qualifying and the race with the six cars from the new teams being some way off the pace. Alonso lost 1.7 secs in final sector on a hot lap, mainly because he was held up by the Hispania car of Bruno Senna in the long Turn 13.