Can't wait for Horner to praise Russell as the grid's best driver at the moment.TeamKoolGreen wrote:The Toto and Max flirting seems to be intensifying. Christian Horner could flip the script on him and start talking about taking George Russell off his hands.
Because people have a short memory. Red Bull haven't won a race in maybe 5 weekends, and there's already call for Wache's head about how he's a failure in some other thread lol.Jdn1327 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 7:22 pmWhy is there so much doom and gloom in this thread now? Wheatley is not RB nor is Newey nor is Verstappen. I respect their talents in terms of engineering and driver ability but I think we need to wait and see what actually happens instead of speculative comments about their personal lives. I believe RBR will still be competitive for years to come. I'm not even a Rbr fan and I can say this.
Just to add, all the drama hides the fact that Max is still the highest-scoring driver in the last 6 races despite not "winning" any of the last 4 races and taking the grid penalty in Spa. The domination of last year may be over but people seem to have lost sight of the fact that this is still a top F1 team.f1isgood wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 10:20 pmBecause people have a short memory. Red Bull haven't won a race in maybe 5 weekends, and there's already call for Wache's head about how he's a failure in some other thread lol.Jdn1327 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 7:22 pmWhy is there so much doom and gloom in this thread now? Wheatley is not RB nor is Newey nor is Verstappen. I respect their talents in terms of engineering and driver ability but I think we need to wait and see what actually happens instead of speculative comments about their personal lives. I believe RBR will still be competitive for years to come. I'm not even a Rbr fan and I can say this.
Also, somehow credit attribution has become binary -- it's either Verstappen doing everything, or Newey doing everything and somehow the actual process involving ~1k people being dismissed. And the operations team gets extraordinarily criticized with a weak car, without taking into account multiple changes. Even at Spa there was complaints of a thrown win etc etc without ever suggesting where else to take an engine penalty.
I get it that people have heroes but the reality is that Austria/Dutch side of RB is what the majority in this forum in a nutshell have taken side to (because obviously Horner couldn't keep it inside his pants) and that clouds every discussion as Horner made himself an easy target.
Any decision is hardly weighed objectively with facts of the matter at play and every blame goes to Horner, instead of actually analyzing the situation. I said somewhere else, but scum trying to outdo scum is what has resulted in this divide, and the top brass at Red Bull like it or not is absolute scum. I would be extremely happy to see Helmut, Christian, Jos, Olivier, all leave for the good of the fans and the team. But they won't and unless Red Bull start winning continuously fans will keep bickering.
Power struggles often see teams fall apart, then it takes some time for things to settle and a rebuild to happen.organic wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 8:00 pmWhat is RB as a team if not the sum of its parts? And many key personnel have left. Newey was there from near enough the beginning and instrumental to all of the success, as has Wheatley been there for going on 2 decades. Of course the team as an organisation will continue and there will be success given their facilities, budget etc but the team as we knew it for over 10 years isn't the same due to the death of mateschitz and resulting power struggle.Jdn1327 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 7:22 pmWhy is there so much doom and gloom in this thread now? Wheatley is not RB nor is Newey nor is Verstappen. I respect their talents in terms of engineering and driver ability but I think we need to wait and see what actually happens instead of speculative comments about their personal lives. I believe RBR will still be competitive for years to come. I'm not even a Rbr fan and I can say this.
Team threads are exempt from the usual forum standard that it is predominantly technical contentTNTHead wrote: ↑Sat Aug 03, 2024 1:42 amPages filled about speculation on Jos and Max are unbearable to read. The fun to follow this thread (about Red Bull from a mainly technical perspective) is diminished greatly this way. Is the moderator on a holiday? I am sure several post are way below the standard this forum should have.
I think I will be away for a few weeks and come back when we start racing again.
Does it license posters to show compulsive obsession to fight off opinions against a driver or his family and drag the discussion for pages? Fighting each post because it goes against my driver isn't what this forum should be. I saw a similar behaviour on VCARB thread by a particular poster.organic wrote: ↑Sat Aug 03, 2024 2:28 amTeam threads are exempt from the usual forum standard that it is predominantly technical contentTNTHead wrote: ↑Sat Aug 03, 2024 1:42 amPages filled about speculation on Jos and Max are unbearable to read. The fun to follow this thread (about Red Bull from a mainly technical perspective) is diminished greatly this way. Is the moderator on a holiday? I am sure several post are way below the standard this forum should have.
I think I will be away for a few weeks and come back when we start racing again.
Alright but it sure doesn't help the understanding of the current issues to go on about the past and/or the supposedly abusive nature of the Jos/Max relationship.organic wrote: ↑Sat Aug 03, 2024 2:28 amTeam threads are exempt from the usual forum standard that it is predominantly technical contentTNTHead wrote: ↑Sat Aug 03, 2024 1:42 amPages filled about speculation on Jos and Max are unbearable to read. The fun to follow this thread (about Red Bull from a mainly technical perspective) is diminished greatly this way. Is the moderator on a holiday? I am sure several post are way below the standard this forum should have.
I think I will be away for a few weeks and come back when we start racing again.
For now, Red Bull still have lots of money (unlike the others apart from Ferrari and Mercedes who didn't have problems on that front). Obviously McLaren bought out Mercedes which was expensive and lost the backing of Mercedes, while Williams lost the backing of BMW.AR3-GP wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 10:52 pmI'm not going to address the specific points in your post (f1isgood, MySee).
I will simply say that history teaches us many lessons. Nothing we are seeing is new. Red Bull was a dominant F1 team just as Williams, Ferrari, Mclaren, and Mercedes were before them. Then the cracks appeared, and it all fell apart. Those teams suffered for many years. Red Bull is not immune. It serves no purpose to ignore the past. All of the teams are the same. When the cracks start to appear, they all come crashing down the same way.
Attributing Newey to the decline of McLaren after 2013 is really a stretch IMO! Newey left in 2006 and McLaren remained a leading team until 2012.
I’m not saying that Red Bull will fall out of the top 5. Im just referring to the point that historically all of these teams went from dominating to no longer being able to compete for the championship. Whether they finished P3 or P4 in the championship with the third best car is no consolation when the objective is to win. You are either the one doing the winning, or losing.JordanMugen wrote: ↑Sat Aug 03, 2024 6:49 amFor now, Red Bull still have lots of money (unlike the others apart from Ferrari and Mercedes who didn't have problems on that front). Obviously McLaren bought out Mercedes which was expensive and lost the backing of Mercedes, while Williams lost the backing of BMW.AR3-GP wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 10:52 pmI'm not going to address the specific points in your post (f1isgood, MySee).
I will simply say that history teaches us many lessons. Nothing we are seeing is new. Red Bull was a dominant F1 team just as Williams, Ferrari, Mclaren, and Mercedes were before them. Then the cracks appeared, and it all fell apart. Those teams suffered for many years. Red Bull is not immune. It serves no purpose to ignore the past. All of the teams are the same. When the cracks start to appear, they all come crashing down the same way.
If Ford RBPT is a disaster, presumably there will be a way to pivot to Honda power units?
I think it is unlikely RBR-Ford RBPT will fall out of the Top 5 WCC in the short to medium terms (3-4 seasons) like Williams-Cosworth & Williams-Toyota did (eventually becoming backmarkers as Williams-Renault 5-6 seasons later), but it depends if Ford RBPT is a complete disaster or not, of course.
That's the poor attitude of Toto Wolff!
The moderation team are real people, with real lives who are trying to moderate endless childlike bickering and if we can't keep up with this effluent then perhaps there's some grace needed.Wouter wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 7:28 pmThe forum members were told by the moderators that you had to report a message before the whole discussion got out of hand.
I reported the first message yesterday at 21:00, because I could guess where it would go.
It is now 24 hours later and nothing has been done with the report and the whole discussion has gotten out of hand.
What is the point of reporting then?!
As per my post with WouterJust_a_fan wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 11:17 pmI've reported similar in Mercedes threads and nothing has been done.Wouter wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2024 7:28 pmThe forum members were told by the moderators that you had to report a message before the whole discussion got out of hand.
I reported the first message yesterday at 21:00, because I could guess where it would go.
It is now 24 hours later and nothing has been done with the report and the whole discussion has gotten out of hand.
What is the point of reporting then?!
But when I publicly complained about moderating standards, I was accused of trying to to tell the mods how to mod. And I received board warnings which led to a ban. If you haven't had the same, you should be grateful.