They did, Martin mentioned it after Quail. That's why I say Merc Power Plus team seems to miss Nico and Paddy. They are one dimensional. Quail to them is all that counts, it worked for them when they used to have a 1sec advantage. Not any more. If it wasn't for untimely VSC in China it would have been three nil.f1316 wrote: ↑16 Apr 2017, 19:13Is it just me, or in Arrivabene's comments to Ted (where he commended the team for both bravery and a little bit of 'craziness') was he implying that they did something on the car for qualifying in order to help set up/tyre usage in the race?
Maybe not reading it correctly by that's how I understood his comments.
Thanks did they mention any more info on what exactly they did?Chene_Mostert wrote: ↑16 Apr 2017, 19:17They did, Martin mentioned it after Quail. That's why I say Merc Power Plus team seems to miss Nico and Paddy. They are one dimensional. Quail to them is all that counts, it worked for them when they used to have a 1sec advantage. Not any more. If it wasn't for untimely VSC in China it would have been three nil.f1316 wrote: ↑16 Apr 2017, 19:13Is it just me, or in Arrivabene's comments to Ted (where he commended the team for both bravery and a little bit of 'craziness') was he implying that they did something on the car for qualifying in order to help set up/tyre usage in the race?
Maybe not reading it correctly by that's how I understood his comments.
If downforce doesn't play too much to anyone's advantage here, then how was RB running so close to Merc and Ferrari? Are you suggesting Renault is in the same league as Merc and Ferrari in terms of PU? If downforce doesn't play too much to anyone's advantage, why was Williams, FI and Haas not in play here despite having the best PUs on the grid?Vanja #66 wrote: ↑16 Apr 2017, 20:09To be honest, I think they also dialed down the engine a bit for Q3 as well, following Kimi's turbo problems on Friday... This is a power track, downforce doesn't play too much to the advantage of Ferrari and Merc and RB, Renault and Williams were closer than before yesterday...
Chene_Mostert wrote: ↑16 Apr 2017, 20:14Another encouraging message sent out by Mr Marchionne. He was criticised a lot in the past for putting too much pressure on the team, but I think he is a good boss man, don't be scared to criticize but also praise when necessary.
Ben, any comments?
I think it's last season too, he's been in F1 since 2001 and peaked early. 2003 and 2005 he was absolutely top notch. Nowadays he is still a good driver to have in the team. He brings in steady points and stays out of trouble, for the most part.f1316 wrote: ↑15 Apr 2017, 16:18I wasn't really expecting him to continue next season regardless of results tbh; even if he won the world championship, that would be the ultimate way to bow out.
But it feels like the end of his career to me, so personally I always thought he was gone next year - not necessarily a reflection on his performance so far
( although on a different note, I do think he's been poor; might be controversial but he never convinced me as a Ferrari driver - even when he was winning the world championships I didn't feel like he was the guy eaking every ounce of performance out of the car - rather the McLaren drivers were the ones doing that - and it was always a disappointment for someone filling Schumacher's race boots).
History is written by the victors. (Take that for whatever it's worth.)GPR-A wrote: ↑16 Apr 2017, 20:48Chene_Mostert wrote: ↑16 Apr 2017, 20:14Another encouraging message sent out by Mr Marchionne. He was criticised a lot in the past for putting too much pressure on the team, but I think he is a good boss man, don't be scared to criticize but also praise when necessary.Ben, any comments?