Will SchM succeed in his comeback?

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Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1

FIA officials are always present in team garages throughout a race weekend to observe and check what teams are doing. Here's an example from Bahrain this year (two officials in white bibs near the rear wheel):

http://cdn.gallery.autosport.com/pic...su_10brn1926-2

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Yes, but they are not normally there to police internal team matters, as was the case in Brazil 2007.

In fact, that has only occurred on that one occasion, so your attempted deflection hasn't worked.

Rather, it has proved my point very nicely.

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

Is a driver of an F1 car being off the pace due to incorrect tyre pressures a new concept?

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No, but then neither is the concept of Ron Dennis being in charge of a team that scuppered their own drivers chances.

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Originally Posted by tamburello

No, but then neither is the concept of Ron Dennis being in charge of a team that scuppered their own drivers chances.

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A team that supplied equal equipment to the top two drivers in 1988 & 1989 did not have FIA inspectors imposed on it because of unequal treatment.

Can we have some documented evidence that either of McLarens drivers in 2007 had their chances deliberately on purpose not by accident scuppered by the team?

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Originally Posted by henners88

Alot of people have claimed in his absence that MS could win in a mid field car purely down to his driving ability, but that is evidently not the case. In modern F1 the car takes so much of the advantage and the best drivers in the world can only go to the cars limit. I fear if Mercedes do not get within striking distance of Red Bull, then we may see Michael claiming the odd podium rather than the dream comeback we all hoped for. :)

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My fear is that 'Mercedes GP' or rather Brackley GP is not in the same league as the other top boys in terms of R/D, and that Michael's comeback career will be dictated more by that than by any other factor.

Brackley depended probably more than any other manufacturer owned team on its owners (Honda) own R/D resources which was beneficial for both parties, Honda got to train its own engineers and Brackley drove down costs. While the process of getting Brackley and Honda R/D to work seamlessly took a while the end product was the BGP001.

Now Brackley has spent a year on its own where it clearly couldn't develop at the pace of the rest of the field because its own R/D depts are actually quite small. This year its working with Mercedes which is doing things on a budget thats about a quarter to a half of what Honda used to spend and which probably isn't going to want to divert its own R/D resources to help the team. In this kind of situation I think Brackley is going to come up short against the dedicated leading F1 teams. Michael may have to content himself with putting Rosberg in his place this season rather than winning championships.

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Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1

You're welcome, both for the thanks, and to your own interpretation of RD's comments.

Now, back to the question at hand - will Schumi make a success of his comeback?

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In my book, he has already done exceptionally well and will only improve. So, yeah! I have no doubt.

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Originally Posted by Valve Bounce

I thought Bunsen was the greatest driver on the grid. :confused:

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Jenson is one of the best, the reigning champion, his Monaco Grand Prix 2009 weekend was equal to the best and he is the driver I support and have supported for ages.

But there is a difference between supporting a driver and recognizing which driver standsout. Since Schumacher there is only one and he is Fernando Alonso.

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Originally Posted by SGWilko

Unwritten understood and accepted rule No.1 of F1 - first person to beat is your teammate.

If you are not permitted to race your teammate, that suggests team orders.

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And of course there was the unique Ron Dennis way of managing things............

But I think in current racing all the drivers are being given a fair shake.

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Originally Posted by Garry Walker

IRemember, he himself claimed he had nothing to do with picking the strategy for singapore GP, and said he LEAVES IT ALL FOR THE TEAM TO CHOOSE. So much about him making the calls.

So autosport survey is it. That is all that counts, right?

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You spin the situation or you really are ignorant about what happens?

Alonso will go with the team strategy unless he reads things differently and as in Japan assumed command of his strategy and won iin a car that was also not supposed to.

Mclaren will NOT allow that with Hamilton - the radio communication is always that of Hamilton obeying not commanding.

Fernando Alonso unlike Hamilton has moral courage. He had the courage to stand by his friend Flavio Briatore in the face of all the world.

Hamilton was part of the troika from Mclaren who took the stiletto and slid it between the ribs of Dave Ryan.

Maybe one day Hamilton will rise to the level of Alonso and Schumacher - he's not there just yet and may never reach that level, but to do so he is going to have to have the courage to leave his extremely comfortable zone.

Spoilt children seldom do.

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Originally Posted by Garry Walker

Yep, so got any proof about Alonso being harmed by McLaren or not given equal treatment?

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You mean aside from Alonso himself?

One name: ALAIN PROST

Hamilton knew that he was Dennis' "boy". Do you recall the "incident" - Hamilton causing problems in the pits in 2007? Hamilton only this year stated that he regretted it.

The proof is there and the history exists - naturally YOU could declare that Prost and Alonso are liars........

It was Ron Dennis' way and especially Alonso, when he left his "home" at Renault he correctly expected to be treated as the Schumacher slayer and twice world champion that he is.

Instead he was the usurper.

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Originally Posted by tamburello

No, but then neither is the concept of Ron Dennis being in charge of a team that scuppered their own drivers chances.

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Which is why I think that if Dennis had still been in command of Mclaren F1, Jenson would NEVER have joined the team.

Under Witmarsh it is a better team for drivers alongside the faveored one's such as Lewis.