Q: instead of aldo costa who designed the cars from 2005 onwards
A: No, I don't agree with this one. Although Rory was influential in the success of Ferrari, to be honest this years car would be more appropriately called the F2001-'H'. After Ferrari won the championship with the 2000 car, Rory realised he has a winner penned on paper (or saved on a super-computer would be more appropriate!) He did though understand that McLaren were snapping at Ferrari's heals and were pretty much matched for pace if not quicker. So with F2001, he introduced the heavy coke-bottle rear styling that has been one of the hallmarks of modern F1 cars. And the car completely flew. It was then logical to make the F2002 similar, an 'evolution' rather than a 'revolution'. Anyone who is involved in technology, design, or simply DIY or anything practical will know the saying - 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it'. And the same is true in F1 - if you change a winning car to something revolutionary you are likely to loose pace. You only want to do that if things are really REALLY not going your way. The same is true in car setup. There are so many factors affecting performance in F1 its easy to get lost. And so Ferrari have continually developed this model. Further making components lighter, further sculpturing bodywork and playing with Keel layouts. They have in affect 'drawn over' last years design, added bits onto last years car to improve and to make it acceptable to new regulations. After the disaster that was the F2005 it was easy to go back to the drawing board and design something brand new for 2006. But Rory didn't, he kept confident in the design and asked - what is it that is causing us problems? The Ferrari still had the one lap pace, but it really struggled with tyre wear and tyre temperature. This was its achilles heal. So for 2006 saw an F2005 with further aerodynamic refinements and revised suspension geometery. And it was a winning 'formula' again (mind the pun!), narrowly missing out on the world championships. So no, I don't think Aldo Costa is the reason for Ferrari's lack of dominance. Aldo was still influencial in the cars design as design assistant from 1998. The car is an evolution of before. The car is 'developed' and not 'designed'. There has been an introduction of a longer wheelbase phylosophy, but the car still has the underpinnings of the F2001. If you are going to blame someone, I think you need to look at speed of development and team organisation. I personally lay a bit of the blame at Domenicalli's door. But he is still new to the role, lets see if he can turn things around.