xpensive wrote:I doubt it, wouldn't "MS-1" be a little more apppropriate anyway?
I would disagree, Johnsons Evil Twin. If you gave the W01 tub to RBR, they would have it running competitively by now. Don't forget, the tub cannot be changed, but most other bits and pieces can be moved around, affecting tyrewear, aero etc. etc. The problem is in the structure of Mercedes GP. The left hand does not know what the right hand is doing, particularly at top level. Put ONE person in control, and things would get better!JohnsonsEvilTwin wrote:I would disagree Marcush,
If you gave Red Bull a carbon copy of the W01, with its inherent flaws we have discussed, such as Tyre management, degredation and not forgetting its weight issues which Mercedes may or may not have solved. Then I would say Red Bull would struggle as equally as Mercedes have done because there is only a finite amount of changes that can be made(homologation rules).
I have already stated my belief that the W01 is not a bad car. Had it been dialled in to use this years tyre specs correctly the design would be competitive to say the least. Perhaps not Red Bull fast but a damn site closer for sure.
The problem is a very complex one, as Mercedes has flaw that was set in at a very early stage of development. To get the high percentiles and tolerances you need to push everything to its limit, and if you get it wrong you will need to reverse engineer a component after laborious analysis, find what is wrong and hope your solution works.
Mercedes knew what the problem was way back in February winter testing, yet they are still suffering from the same issues.
They are having to load the car with more and more downforce to correct the issue, as is witnessed by their slow straightline speed(Slowest of all Mercedes powered cars anyway). This is also inspite of them having their slippery airbox solution, the most effiecient of all to the naked eye.
The reason is because the flaw is "dialled" in to the chassis IMO and has no means of correction under the homologation rules.
Its also a very good explanation as to why Mercedes cannot tell if its updates are working. Maybe they can find a magic bullet in the next month or so, but I doubt it.
I will say whoever got the tyre predictions wrong should get a serious earbashing!
Not until tyre specs are cast in Iron by Pirelli. Mercedes do not want another repeat of this years tyre woes.tarzoon wrote:Do you think Brawn already decided to switch focus to develop next year's car?
And, pray tell me , how do YOU know? You speculate quite a lot, but please allow others to have their opinions, before you criticise them!JohnsonsEvilTwin wrote:Its pure speculation,
So lets look at the situation once more. Would Red Bull do better under the circumstances? Again I say no.
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