ringo wrote:Right the technical directors are more hands on.
what i think though is that when it comes to looking out for the teams best interest, at all costs, even political costs, Whitmarsh is too fair and balanced.
Today we saw how ferrari politicked their way into making their car faster without even having to improve the car much technically.
It's that kind of attitude that i like with ferrari. They get every last drop of advantage they can, on and off the track.
It was well played politics in the way how the regs suddenly fell into their lap and they didn't even say a word about them in the public eye.
Ruthlessness, though inherently evil, helps in F1. Flavio is pefect proof.
You just do what you have to do to get your car closer to the front.
watching Martin play one for all and all for one, 3 musketeers, is kind of annoying knowing that he is putting Mclaren on even terms with teams that aren't on the same level as them. He needs to give his team an unfair advantage that brings them up to redbull's level.
What kind of unfair addvantage? Unfair, like find the next Adrian Newey, or unfair more towards the cheating spectrum? Although you like the Ferrari way, I would venture to say their way is what makes them so unpopular with many. Although the current saga has unfolded to their favor, I speculate that it is a long ways off winning them too many races. I would argue that attempting to manipulate the order, regardless in a single race or in a season, is rather unsporting and it has been some time since it did them much good.
Martin Whitmarsh has had a hand into putting together what is arguably the best driver pairing on the grid, and a team which has produced a design which is not a copy of anything, but has been the second fastest package for much of the season. A team which was also able to quickly get on top of this years innovations, unlike ferrari, whom apparently have had a difficult time with their ebd. Rather than assemble a better team, they have allegedly had the issue curtailed.
For me, I see ruthlessness in F1 as the desire to exploit every loophole you can, to drop an underperforming driver without batting an eye, to shake up your team if they need it, and so forth. The Ferrari brand of ruthlessness, the one you accuse Whitmarsh of lacking, contains to much coniving to attract admiration or respect from me.
