Frankly honest, can't see either of them going for it. Definitely not Caterham, only possibly Sauber (thought you meant those two)SidSidney wrote:Aha - you are right, Lotus has signed up to Merc power already, so that is definitely out. So Caterham or Lotus?XRayF1 wrote: 1) Lotus has just signed (or at least announced) the Merc PU deal for the next 3 years, if my memory serves me right.
I do not think it likely that Lotus will change that as they know for certain that the Merc PU is currently the most
powerful on the grid. Why change that and risk having another year like the last?
It wasn't a big problem in 1988-1991. Honda want to do everything to win again in F1 - same as McLaren. Maybe Mercedes will be too strong in 2015, but I expect great things in the future. With a driver like Alonso behind the wheel McLaren is a serious contender again.lebesset wrote:glad the driver furore is over , how about getting to the real problems facing the team , integrating with the honda power plant ?
as the works mercedes team it was not so difficult , everyone at every level , including any germans involved , spoke fluent english but that isn't going to be true as the de facto works team at honda , a completely difficult culture
perhaps what is required is someone who is completely at home with both cultures .....wonder if jessica is available !
"I know it's going to be challenging, [but] you have to take it as a huge positive," Boullier said.
"This is the kind of commitment and dedication you want.
"We gain the best driver in the world today, and to have convinced Fernando to stop his last two years of contract with Ferrari to join us, that means a lot for me.
"It means he believes in what we are building.
"Clearly he's going to challenge us every day. To be honest with you, he's texting me every day already!
"He's really on it. This is the kind of boost we were looking for."
so alonso is try to influence boullier to give him preferential treatment , is he ?Avocado wrote:Eric Boullier: Fernando Alonso will challenge McLaren-Honda F1 team
"I know it's going to be challenging, [but] you have to take it as a huge positive," Boullier said.
"This is the kind of commitment and dedication you want.
"We gain the best driver in the world today, and to have convinced Fernando to stop his last two years of contract with Ferrari to join us, that means a lot for me.
"It means he believes in what we are building.
"Clearly he's going to challenge us every day. To be honest with you, he's texting me every day already!
"He's really on it. This is the kind of boost we were looking for."
I would be very, very surprised if the vast majority of the people from Honda don't speak English already...lebesset wrote:glad the driver furore is over , how about getting to the real problems facing the team , integrating with the honda power plant ?
as the works mercedes team it was not so difficult , everyone at every level , including any germans involved , spoke fluent english but that isn't going to be true as the de facto works team at honda , a completely difficult culture
perhaps what is required is someone who is completely at home with both cultures .....wonder if jessica is available !
It is Japanese culture.Even when they know English,they will not use it in most cases unless you get them mad.adrianjordan wrote:I would be very, very surprised if the vast majority of the people from Honda don't speak English already...lebesset wrote:glad the driver furore is over , how about getting to the real problems facing the team , integrating with the honda power plant ?
as the works mercedes team it was not so difficult , everyone at every level , including any germans involved , spoke fluent english but that isn't going to be true as the de facto works team at honda , a completely difficult culture
perhaps what is required is someone who is completely at home with both cultures .....wonder if jessica is available !
Seriously... don't you think Alonso is old -and good driver- enough to do that?lebesset wrote:so alonso is try to influence boullier to give him preferential treatment , is he ?Avocado wrote:
"Clearly he's going to challenge us every day. To be honest with you, he's texting me every day already!
"He's really on it. This is the kind of boost we were looking for."
if he is good enough he won't need to , will he !Mesteño wrote:Seriously... don't you think Alonso is old -and good driver- enough to do that?lebesset wrote:so alonso is try to influence boullier to give him preferential treatment , is he ?Avocado wrote:
"Clearly he's going to challenge us every day. To be honest with you, he's texting me every day already!
"He's really on it. This is the kind of boost we were looking for."
The simple fact is that both need one another. Alonso needs a team more competant than Ferrari and Mclaren is their best bet, and Mclaren need two drivers who can score big points in the constructors.Manoah2u wrote:and you guys are taking this all seriously?
just painting an image, the past was not a bright issue between Mclaren and Alonso.
Just think about spygate and how much that cost Mclaren
To 'calm' the masses they're playing a game of 'look how well Alonso is doing here'.
Step 1; fake smiles [Kodak moment]
Step 2; have team personell suckup about how great their new driver is and how it boosts morale
Step 3; have Alonso say how much better he's feeling compared to his previous team
Result; through fakery and suckups just for media harloting Alonso fans are happy because they now believe he
did a good thing. Mclaren fans happy because Alonso is a teamplayer (yeah right).
Don't get me wrong, I think Alonso is an amazing driver and despite they could have done a lot better on driver
treatment I like Mclaren as a team, too. I just hate these completely transparent standard protocol fakery.