From Racer magazine

'In every possible way it's better,' says Risi Competizione team manager David Sims of the F430 compared to the F360. 'It's easier to drive, it's a better balanced car, there's a little more power and it's easier to set up.'

Last season, the F430 and 996 weer close. The Porsche team expected the new 911s to be better, to put a gap between them and the Ferrari. It didn't work out that way., if the results so far in 2007 are any indication. They may have been working on the same car as last year, but Ferrari and the Risi team cartainlu did their homework.

'We had some problems last year, like straight line speed, losing Porsche out of the corner because they have the rear engine and get great traction out of the corner,' Sims explains. 'There's a little bit of an advantage. But we're very good on the brakes. We've worked a lot on that, and we can brake massively later than the Porsche.'

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'I think [the Ferrari has an advatange] in the handling through the corners,' says Enge. 'It looks to me like [the Porsches] are slightly, slightly faster on the straights. [The F430] is a lighter car. They have a heavier car, probably 100 kilos, because they've got wider rear tires; but they're a little faster on the straight. They are losing slightly under braking, and we're equal or slightly better through the corners'

'The Porsche, to get everything out of it, you're very busy in the car,' he says (Michael Petersen). 'The Ferrari is much more like an open wheel car where everything is very precise. To go fast in the Porsche, youhave to be on the ragged edge; if you're on the ragged edge in the Ferrari, you're going slow. So it's very different opposite ends of the spectrum. They're both good cars, just totally different driving styles.'