Under Todt´s management they used to made it clear before the race, with the only and infamous exception of Austria 2002. Teams can have team orders so we don´t need embarrasing radios.Big Mangalhit wrote: ↑13 Jul 2017, 15:41Exactly what happened here was very similar to Bottas in spain, they were left out to slow the other driver with no penalty for their final score.
BTW a lot of WDC were made with the help of teammates, probably most of them. Even when there is intrateam rivalry there is things you could consider team mate help. Like last year when rosberg let Hamilton pass him in Monaco, you could argue that Rosberg helped Hamilton in the WDC fight (even if it was against himself). Letting your teammate pass cleanly is a much bigger help IMO.
Again I am more interested to see if Ferrari will ever do that this year. I mean will they ever openly tell kimi to step aside for Vettel to pass? If I recall correctly Arrivabene said he was against that while the two drivers were in the WDC contention. And to be honest I don't recall Ferrari doing that a single time under is management (I could be wrong tho, if I am please tell me when). Kimi mathematically (as every driver) is still in the WDC contention, but realistically can he really have a go at it? is this considered the point where ferrari will "show blue flags" to kimi? Really I would like to know.
Everyone is. It's the same with Palmer. He's certainly having a tough time as a driver, but they're clearly not preparing his car as well as they are Hulkenberg's.NathanOlder wrote: ↑13 Jul 2017, 11:16Totally agreed, get ready for the massive negative post rating for your comments though. These Seb fans are a touchy bunch.
Nope. It's been a long time. The acid test for me as to whether they really had come up with a title winning car, as a team, was what happened as the season developed. Is that current Ferrari really the work of the engineers there that they truly understand, or have they done the usual Italian thing, ridden on the coattails of a previous Technical Director, knifed him in the back and took his work? I'm sorry to say it is increasingly looking like the latter.NathanOlder wrote: ↑16 Jul 2017, 21:02Anyone remember the last time Ferrari definitely out developed their rivals while in a title battle ?
Marchionne appears to be driving that team and Arrivabene is merely a passenger, which is somewhat worrying. That's Ferrari though!
2006. They didn't win in the end, but the car was definitely by far the best in the latter half of the season.NathanOlder wrote: ↑16 Jul 2017, 21:02Anyone remember the last time Ferrari definitely out developed their rivals while in a title battle ?
Oh yeah, totally forgot that one, cheersJuzh wrote: ↑16 Jul 2017, 21:242006. They didn't win in the end, but the car was definitely by far the best in the latter half of the season.NathanOlder wrote: ↑16 Jul 2017, 21:02Anyone remember the last time Ferrari definitely out developed their rivals while in a title battle ?