Where did RBR go wrong with reliability?

[raymondu999]

What confuses me (forgive me if I'm wrong, I could be) is that last year, seemingly Mark had more reliability issues in terms of the car (not the engine), while Seb had less car reliability issues? Then suddenly this year is the other way around? Sure Seb had more engine issues, but I'm talking more on chassis/brakes/suspension/etc

[WhiteBlue]

Keeping score:

They had:

• spark plug failure in Bahrain race
• loose front wheel in Australian race
• broken left front brake disk locator in Spain
• undiscovered tub damage at front suspension pivot point in Spain and Monaco (two counts)
• broken lower whisbone assembly and loose shock linkage in Turkey qually
• bad gear box Webber in Canada after qually, starts 5 places back
• bad gear box Vettel in the race, he is told to short shift and go slow after mid race

7:1 Vettel/Webber

[bidong]

reliability goes hand in hand with performance.

the more performance you put in the car the less reliable it will get
the more reliable it is, the less performance.

so, where did RBR go wrong with reliability? or where did RBR go right?

ADRIAN NEWEY!

[bidong]

kudos to the guy though for pushing the limits and packaging of a formula one car.

but like the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLaren_MP4-20

let's just hope this RBR is a step forward from the MP4-20.
it had bazzilions of fastest laps and a respectable amount of wins. but because it was unreliable, therefore not being able to rack up points when it needed to. then there goes renault clinching both championships. daym. that should have been kimis.

[WhiteBlue]

reliability goes hand in hand with performance.

the more performance you put in the car the less reliable it will get
the more reliable it is, the less performance.

so, where did RBR go wrong with reliability? or where did RBR go right?

ADRIAN NEWEY!

Check out some Ferrari/Schumacher figures 2000-2006. They had Nigel Stepney flogging everybody for reliability. The dream team managed not only winning incredible numbers of races but also huge strings of no reliability faults, sometimes nothing for years. It can be done!

[Richard]

Yes, pushing speed and a hard driving style does do more damage to the car. However this is an endurance sport where reliability is a key performance factor.

It seems the RB equation is is a little unbalanced in that regard. However, if they put more design effort into reliability and set up the cars for a more conservative style, then they would go a bit slower.

That's the joy of F1 - they are all constantly trying to get balance in the strengths and weaknesses of the designers, factory, mechanics, cars, and drivers.