Pup wrote:Absolutely. If both races had been event-free, then we'd have had two very convincing McLaren 1-2's.
Thankyou
So hopefully China will be dry and no safety cars.
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Pup wrote:Absolutely. If both races had been event-free, then we'd have had two very convincing McLaren 1-2's.
Pup wrote:Funny, I thought that the general expectation was that when McLaren hit their stride, they'll wipe the tracks with those other guys.
Because your graph told me so.WhiteBlue wrote:I still don't see why you believe the world shares that view with you.
I think some of these teams could stand to be righted.bigpat wrote:It cracks me up that after 2 races, people are righting teams and drivers off for the title!!!!!
If you had checked the whole graph you would have seen that McLaren and Red Bull were in a different order some weeks ago. At this stage of the season it can change from week to week. Twice as much doesn't mean anything if both teams are somewhere between 1.5 and 3. If Red Bull where somewhere like Ferrari I would start to be concerned.Pup wrote:According to that graph, the odds on Red Bull are more than twice those on McLaren. They look close, but only because the bookies are apparently pretty desperate to get someone to put some money on Ferrari. Looks can be deceiving.
The bookies think that McLaren are twice as likely to win as Red Bull. That doesn't sound like a much of a horse race to me.
But 26:1 on Ferrari? 50:1 on Merc? Yowza.
Because your graph told me so.WhiteBlue wrote:I still don't see why you believe the world shares that view with you.
FrukostScones wrote:
I love those faces, pure desperation! But in China they can shine again, of course we don't know yet what will happen and I surely don't write Red Bull off, and a McLaren domination would be horrible as well, I want a different race winner for every race, I want drama and excitement and not a boring one man/one team show. Imagine 2012 topping 2010 in terms of thrill, that would be nice.
I have the feeling that China will be wet aswell, so we maybe will have to wait till Bahrain or Barcelona to see the real power standing and due to development it then might have already shifted. So we will maybe never know if what would could have happened....
If this were true why did Red Bull stay in the sport despite limited to no real success until their 5th season (2009). As WhiteBlue pointed out Red Bull have been sponsoring for far longer too. 1995's Sauber was HEAVILY covered in Red Bull.King Six wrote:Red Bull don't exist for F1, just like manufacturing teams they exist as a billboard. As soon as the success dries or (or for some, doesn't arrive at all) they'll exit the sport. The F1 team needs to impress the 'board of directors' enough or they'll be thrown into the sewer.
So saying that, this season will be a little watershed moment for the team and company. Will they turn it around? If they don't, will key personnel and the higher ups start to lose interest? If so, and the team starts slowly dropping back, that'll easily be the beginning of the end.
If the situation really was that bad then they'd start on the RB9 mid-season. Or knowing Newey maybe he'll go for the gold and start on the RB10 in mid-2012; aiming for a jump on the others for when the new engine regulations come along.NathanOlder wrote:With the team trying to upgrade the RB8 desperatly , the RB9 is over looked and next year is a real disaster.
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