Schumacher said the car did not feel bad to drive but that it was not fast enough.
"The handling was not the problem, there was just no grip."
Many F1 observers believe Ferrari's problems are caused by their Bridgestone tyres, which are considered to be less competitive than the Michelins used by the other top teams.
The car, most believe, is among the best.
But Schumacher blamed Ferrari's decision to introduce their new car after the start of the season.
ovo su njegove rijechi!
Its debut was brought forward to the third Grand Prix, but that led to reliability problems which further hampered the team.
"We were a bit late in development at the start of the year and then we had to delay the development of the car because we had reliability issues," Schumacher said.
"So there is still a bit lacking in areas where normally that would not be the case."
Ferrari technical director Ross Brawn said t
he team did not yet fully understand why they were so much slower than the pace-setting McLaren and Renault.
ovo cisto za one koji su 100% ubijedjeni da je svima jasno da su gume jedini problem
But he said he believed it was due to a
combination of two things.
First, he said, McLaren and Renault had been more effective at making the most of the new rules that were introduced this year.
These include aerodynamic restrictions and using only one set of tyres for the entire race.
And he said Bridgestone's ability to develop its tyres alongside the new rules was being hindered because only Ferrari were able to develop them.
Michelin, by contrast, has data from several teams.
"There is an element that we are the only prime customer of Bridgestone," Brawn said.
"It is a sensitive and controversial subject and people will say, perhaps
quite rightly, that that's your own fault.
Naravno! Trazili su ekskluzivu, da se gume razvijaju specijalno za njihov bolid, ok su ostali timovi zapostavljani, doshao je Michelin, i posle nekoliko godina postao itekako konkurentan!
"But when you have such a substantial change in the tyre regulations, there is a steep learning curve and Bridgestone have one partner contributing to the learning curve.
"Michelin and their teams have the benefit of a group effort.
"We were wrong-footed by the regulations and other teams have done a better job."
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