Mercedes AMG F1 Team 2012

[clipsy1H]

Btw. This track should have suited the car.

Nope, S2 is full of corners which murder the car. MSC was not optimistic going into the weekend.

I wonder what track this car needs?
Even Monza has corners, how can a "Top" Team build a F1 car that isn't suitable for corners?

Lets see if tomorrow enough people crash out, so that they can get one point...

Its really sad

if it doesn't rain Saturday I'm sure Mercedes was higher in qualifying .... They came here with few things but can't test them.

I bet 100$ at monza they remove DRS with a very tiny wing like last year and mb we should see this new (pipe named triple DRS )

[marcush.]

Pole lap Rosberg in china-

http://www.formula1.com/video/?uid=2012041503O

For whatever reason ,the car looks like glued to the track in each and every corner , there are indeeed long long corners slow ,medium and quick ones ...it looks more like they simply have lost their way in the jungle ....

or they accidently have build the car to suit only very quick and very slow corners - which is the common pattern for Monaco and China...whereas everywhere you find many corners in the medium range like Spa(2nd sector) ,Hockenheim ,Hungaroring have lots of those .
This should give us hope for Monza..and fear Suzuka.....

the car does not like corners in the range of 110 to 210 km/h methinks...

[Vasconia]

Pole lap Rosberg in china-

http://www.formula1.com/video/?uid=2012041503O

For whatever reason ,the car looks like glued to the track in each and every corner , there are indeeed long long corners slow ,medium and quick ones ...it looks more like they simply have lost their way in the jungle ....

or they accidently have build the car to suit only very quick and very slow corners - which is the common pattern for Monaco and China...whereas everywhere you find many corners in the medium range like Spa(2nd sector) ,Hockenheim ,Hungaroring have lots of those .
This should give us hope for Monza..and fear Suzuka.....

the car does not like corners in the range of 110 to 210 km/h methinks...

Singapur could be another good one and if the mentioned update is planned for this race we could have good news. [-o<

[zyphro]

Pole lap Rosberg in china-

http://www.formula1.com/video/?uid=2012041503O

For whatever reason ,the car looks like glued to the track in each and every corner , there are indeeed long long corners slow ,medium and quick ones ...it looks more like they simply have lost their way in the jungle ....

or they accidently have build the car to suit only very quick and very slow corners - which is the common pattern for Monaco and China...whereas everywhere you find many corners in the medium range like Spa(2nd sector) ,Hockenheim ,Hungaroring have lots of those .
This should give us hope for Monza..and fear Suzuka.....

the car does not like corners in the range of 110 to 210 km/h methinks...

Indeed - it is very, very odd.

[clipsy1H]

I have a bad feeling about what's going to happen with Michael in the first corner ..... hope he finish race but i'm not very sure.

[FoxHound]

There are too many cyclical post's here.
We know Mercedes where running their full three element front wing at these venues(China, Monaco). These 2 venues did not affect Mercedes tyre wear as others did. Hence why they could run full attack. But come Spain, Mercedes couldn't cope with tyre problems and removed the front wing cascades to balance the aero to get a more even wear rate between front and rear.
There is no mystery guys.

[zyphro]

I have a bad feeling about what's going to happen with Michael in the first corner ..... hope he finish race but i'm not very sure.

Well, his KERS has failed already .

[clipsy1H]

I have a bad feeling about what's going to happen with Michael in the first corner ..... hope he finish race but i'm not very sure.

Well, his KERS has failed already .

Let's hope KERS is the last problem hope he'll not finish in the wall

[Mestrades]

Bernie has said that Schumy will retire at the end of the season!

[clipsy1H]

Bernie has said that Schumy will retire at the end of the season!

maybe he's wrong but i don't think so..... let's hope Mercedes can prepare a good car for 1 win with Michael until end of this
season.

BTW: dry race today so no hope for a top 6.

[Mestrades]

Bernie has said that Schumy will retire at the end of the season!

maybe he's wrong but i don't think so..... let's hope Mercedes can prepare a good car for 1 win with Michael until end of this
season.

BTW: dry race today so no hope for a top 6.

Bernie on the BBC very strongly hinted that Schumacher is gone at the end of the season:

"It's a shame he couldn't win on his comeback..."

[zyphro]

Bernie has said that Schumy will retire at the end of the season!

maybe he's wrong but i don't think so..... let's hope Mercedes can prepare a good car for 1 win with Michael until end of this
season.

BTW: dry race today so no hope for a top 6.

Bernie on the BBC very strongly hinted that Schumacher is gone at the end of the season:

"It's a shame he couldn't win on his comeback..."

Schumi will look at that and feel he must win a race; he isn't one to give up. I'll be shocked and amazed if he retires.

[Mestrades]

Schumi will look at that and feel he must win a race; he isn't one to give up. I'll be shocked and amazed if he retires.

Shocked? Why? He has a --- car, it's obvious that he prefers to leave F1 than not to fight in the middle of the grid.

[zyphro]

Schumi will look at that and feel he must win a race; he isn't one to give up. I'll be shocked and amazed if he retires.

Shocked? Why? He has a --- car, it's obvious that he prefers to leave F1 than not to fight in the middle of the grid.

How is it obvious? Has he said anything indicating that? NO, it is pure speculation - also Bernie after those comments said "I don't know" re. Schumi's retirement. So those words mean nothing.

Lest we forget his involvement in the bribing scandal.

[clipsy1H]

***** strategy ..... ruin a podium for Schumi.... now is on P8 and finish P10.

TOP3: Button Vettel Kimi