Briatore on Brawn drivers & credibility *merged*

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Originally Posted by ioan

Really? How about not being the best for the last 2 seasons?

Flavio said what he thought, and that is something to be appreciated with all the politics and hypocrisy going on in F1, and IMO he is right.

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thats what Im saying, Flavio's problem is that he cant get used to being in the midfield anymore, despite being in it for 2 seasons, after renault were what they were from 05-06. ;) and thats why things seems to be bad at renault in his point of view ;) (It comes across that way :rolleyes: )


However, I respect his outspoken, no nonsense say-what-i-think-and-what-i-want attitude, thats good, we need a man like that, but what he thinks is not neccesarily what is right, or what I think or what whoever else thinks ;)

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Originally Posted by ioan

Which is the most intelligent thing to do unless one wants to lose all the results of a hard work in the last laps of the race.

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Depends on where he comes out after his pitstop. If he is behind some very heavy cars for a very long time, he wouldn't have a chance for scoring a point.

Also, the traditional wisdom is that you put the super soft at the end of the race, cause the track has more rubber on it, and therefore the super softs will last longer.

It's a risky strategy IMO, but I think, considering where the Renault is, they are making the right decision by gambling on this. As you say, it might just work out for them.

from what i can make out even though brawn f1 is classed as a new entry they will get the TV money for honda
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/m...n-1670952.html

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Just in case nobody got that message, he later launched another broadside at Brawn, claiming that they should not receive any of the £25 million TV money that would have been payable to the now-defunct Honda team in 2009. And – you'll love this – he suggested that it should instead be shared among those teams

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Originally Posted by ioan

I rather appreciate Briattore's straight talking than Brawn's obvious intention to hide the reality from us.

Be a man Ross and acknowledge that your actions, given your position as FOTA technical director, are damaging the FOTA. Maybe I'm asking to much from him.

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Still hurting and whining over your loss?
How different it is, when he is no longer at Ferrari...

Now that Red Bull have pulled off a 1-2 finish without trick diffusers, Flavio should STFU and concentrate on his own team's shortcomings, not the least of which is their number 2 driver.

You're right Dave. Flavio should be more concerned with giving the Asturian Princess more than 8 laps of fuel, hiring a competent second driver, and lastly developing a competitive car.

Flav was right about the pensioner and the curbstone! Finishing so far behind Vettel and Webber in a dominant car is clearly showing that when it's down to driver ability Flav was 100% right.

Humble pie is served for those who called Flav an arse! Bon appetit!

Is it [the Brawn] a dominant car in the wet, though? They've had precicesly zero wet-weather testing, and in the very wet stages of the race were a lot heavier. I don't think it's fair to draw conclusions from China, and in any case that's merely deflecting from the actual point which is Flavio's pathetic attempt to blame anybody else but his own team for Renault's shortcomings.

Red Bull had the same sort of fuel load as Alonso this weekend, and converted it into a 1-2 while one Renault driver went from 2nd to 9th and the other will probably have finished by Tuesday afternoon.

Remind me where Alonso and Piquet finished and who is where in both championships?

Briatore should concentrate on his team instead of criticising the Brawn drivers and denying Brawn money they are due simply because they've done a better job.

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Originally Posted by Dave Brockman

Is it [the Brawn] a dominant car in the wet, though?

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As far as we know in the wet the driver's bum is what need to be dominant.
Even if we would put both cars equal still the Brawn drivers are not complete drivers, they are good journeymen.