If Hamilton said he was going to win the title with Mercedes next year no doubt he'd be called "arrogant" :rolleyes:
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If Hamilton said he was going to win the title with Mercedes next year no doubt he'd be called "arrogant" :rolleyes:
I would not say he is giving up before he has started,I believe he is being realistic .He will not be driving next years Merc until January,and that car will be on the drawing boards now !So he goes to a car that he has had no imput into ,but believe me he will drive the arse off it,and then developments he wants will start,but he cannot have an initial say in the design of next years car from the start.Nico will have to up his game too.And Button ? Well Mc Laren will realise what a big mistake they have made pissing Lewis about !
after today's "electrical failure" why slow man button's car has none
I would say NO!
You weren't watching Button at Monza were you?Quote:
Originally Posted by truefan72
There is no conspiracy, only poor quality control.
McLaren surely has dropped the ball significantly this year (and I don't mean it in terms of "supporting" LH, but general team operations). Reliability-wise they already remind a bit of what they were sometimes 10 or 15 years ago. I think with an excellent reliability Häkkinen should have been up there in the championship in 1997, but he retired like three or four times from the lead. Hamilton's season is reminiscent of that. As a result he is nowhere near the WDC fight, only 5th in the standings, although speed-wise he should be up there.
I find it astonishing that McLaren is behind Ferrari in WCC, considering, how much Massa has been struggling this season and how McLaren has often been able to qualify at the front.
well saidQuote:
Originally Posted by jens
Season 2000 was also horrific, Mika suffered something like 10 retirements, if I am not mistaken...Quote:
Originally Posted by jens
a bit of the silver mist in my eyes, but this is beyond ridiculousQuote:
Originally Posted by Matthew
and that poor quality control in the last 5 races seems rather lopsided
electrical failure
phantom transmission problems
mechanical failures
etc, etc, etc.
I think Hamilton has made the right decision.
We'll see about that. Mercedes sucked mightily in this race again.
I think you have 2001 in mind. :) Yes, that was a pretty terrible season for Mika, including the legendary last-lap retirement in Spain...Quote:
Originally Posted by F1boat
Well... While McLaren is still clearly better than Mercedes, Hamilton must have a funny feeling. He either has a fast car, which is unreliable and inconsistent. Or a car, which is just plain slow. He might have thoughts like "Wasn't there really an opening in Red Bull, Ferrari or Lotus?"Quote:
Originally Posted by truefan72
But the good thing for him is that he can leave McLaren with a positive feeling despite those DNFs! By this I mean that while Mercedes is not great, he knows that McLaren isn't either, so he isn't going to miss out on multiple championship titles by making the switch.