Quote Originally Posted by aryan View Post
I know the Merc - Merc combination is going to win, but I tried that last year and I won and frankly now I don't really want to stick to that formula again.

Maybe I'll just pick a team-driver combination that I can feel kind of passionate about. Sure it's going to finish in the bottom half, but what the heck, it will at least be more exciting than watching paint dry (which was last year)

I think I will have to retire the "Mt Damavand" name though. That team is the champion, doesn't deserve to have it's name dragged through mud this year.
Quite in the interesting move, but I completely understand it. Last year I picked my team early before testing showed us much, and the team sucked. But this year my initial though was the same as yours. Just go Merc/Merc and pick what you can with the money left over. But there is just no challenge in that, and similar to you I don't want the dominance they had last year.

So I picked a team that covered several of the teams I hope will be near the top. And I hope I do good because the only way it will happen is if the podiums are a bit more mixed up than they were last year!