Is there an inter team battle between the driver in Mercedes?
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Is there an inter team battle between the driver in Mercedes?
IMO it would make a lot more sense to pray to the FIA to give Pirelli instructions (or permission more likely) to produce a better tire for F1. I'd also seriously doubt that even those angry with the tire options given would hold it against the FIA. Though it has produced some good racing, I'd prefer they have Pirelli provide 4 or 5 tires, all of various compounds, and let the teams figure it out from there. And I'd want all the tires to at a minimum to last for say 15-20 HARD laps driven at the limit. I'd also toss the requirement to use more than one compound in a race.Quote:
Originally Posted by dj_bytedisaster
Lol calm down buddy. Pirelli is one of the best things to have ever happened to F1.Quote:
Originally Posted by dj_bytedisaster
Perhaps you'd rather have everyone split back on Bridgestone and Michelin again? With massive performance gaps, and the result of a race completely dependent on the track temperature (i.e. Michelin being unbelievable in the heat, and utter dogsh!t once it cooled down).
The only thing Pirelli REALLY needs to do is to produce a monsoon tyre, so we dont have to watch a safety car procession each time it gets a bit wet.
How utterly ridiculous. You are a marketers dream!Quote:
Originally Posted by dj_bytedisaster
I think it is laughable how your blame is being targeted towards a manufacturer who is delivering a product to a brief asking for faster degradation. If you base your preference of road tyres on what you seeing happening in Formula One, then I think that is very amusing.
If anything, Pirelli should be being praised for their great ability to produce tyres EXACTLY how their customer (in this case the FIA/FOM) wants. If you are going to hate on the tyres in F1 (which, as I've said is stupid), hate the customer not the maker.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
Jeez, calm down asterisk king. Vettel, Rosberg and Mercedes, and Germany as a whole will be fine eventually. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by dj_bytedisaster
On a more serious note, Lewis seems to be going backwards during races at the beginning of a season, as evidenced by last year and this year. Hopefully sooner rather than later him and Merc will hit the sweet spot with their setup and start having stronger races. I would bet on Lewis winning Canada for sure. Still, two podiums in a row is a great result.
Anyway, how Lewis and Merc are performing now is WAY above many people's expectations. In hindsight, folks predicting last year that Lewis was gonna struggle in the midfield and Jenson and Mclaren were gonna win the championship, seems so funny now. :p
I believe Hamilton always has two to three tenths in hand for qualifying, especially Q3, and he doesn't show his hand until the final few minutes usually.Quote:
Originally Posted by Knock-on
Indeed. Hamilton is on top form and Mercedes have a little bit of work to do as Brawn admitted. The cars one lap pace is on the button but straight line speed seems to be lacking as seen yesterday. Still, its not the disaster so far that a fair few people hoped it would be. Lewis made up for the fuel woes in Malaysia by outperforming Rosberg for much of the weekend. I'm looking forward to a close battle between these two as I think Nico can take it to Hamilton more often than not.