Schumacher 2010 insight and 2011 W02 testing

The organisers seems adamant that the race will infact go through though.

I think the race will go through but the test is unsure atm.

Really hoping it settles down in the coming weeks.

 

Nevermind it was just a different placement on the sponsor

 

..In april that is

came to the party slightly late.

 

So Redbull finishes 1 sec ahead of Ferrari. MB 3 seconds behind that?
Wow

 

Well, we don't know what the others were testing,
But we know Schum has made a race simulation so we have a fair information of the Mercedes pace.

Let's see if someone else does a simulation to compare.

It seems the teams were not looking for performance today.

 

The fastest laptimes are the LEAST useful information you can get from test days.

By a mile. And i´m not sure but Autosport seems to think Vettel might be on SS.

 

Yes you are:


http://www.motorsport-aktuell.com/automobil/rosberg-das-ist-nur-ein-uebergangsauto-3404649.html

Partial translation:
After the disappointing test in Valencia, they hoped that W02 would show great lap times at the next test session. But that's not the case: Nico is missing in Jerez 3.254 seconds to leader Massa.

Rosberg: "This is only a temporary car. It does not have much in common with what we will have in Bahrain. We will make a significant leap forward in Bahrain. The others might also make a step forward, it is impossible to predict anything at this point."

 

Any results from testing are open to interpretation.

Nico is basically saying what you are saying: That there will be massive improvements for the car by the time they hit the first GP. So you should be happy.

 

That's kinda odd though, they started the 2011 development relatively soon, and yet
the car isn't ready?

if it isn't ready it's preoccupying, and if it is what's the point of not testing it.

Something doesn't feel right.

 

It is MB we're talking about here. As I said many times before just another Toyota/BMW/Jaguar. They don't know how to make a WDC winning car because they're a giant corporation.

 

BMW had a terrific car in 08 and if they would have continued development i'm pretty sure they would have a really big chance of snatching the title.
they led the championship halfway through to.

toyota and jaguar i can't speak for. toyota even spent more money then any other team.

now what does that tell us? money is less important than having the right people in your team..

 

I agree. BMW chickened out, Toyota apologized and went out, which i think was a shame, considering that their last season was one of the best. Toyota's biggest mistake was still calling the shots from Japan, although the team was based in Cologne.

 

Yea that was incredibly stupid of them to quit work on the 08 and focus on 09 which was a complete disaster.

The sad part about Toyota is that they never had a single win during all these years..
I really think their "10 model was something very nice. Looked like a fighter jet.

 

I don´t think Ferrari was dumb by keeping push-rod really. They are one of the teams which has cleared more space around the rearwing then almost any other car on the grid.
There are goods and bads with push rod and pull rod suspension.


The only thing they cannot do as good is that the setup-window is slightly smaller this time.

 

Common denominator of BMW, Toyota and MB:

Germany and it's unions

 

MUCH less expensive racing series. There is a reason they haven't tried the big league of F1

 

Still Money is not as important as people in F1.
Otherwise Toyota would have dominated F1 for many years.

Ferrari in it´s golden era had both. And then some.

 

What about Renault? Debunks your theory.

 

3 comments:
a) I've said on here many times that they seemed to be the exception in the years they had Alonso.
b) They are French, not German.
c) Their glory days seem to have gone with Alonso leaving the team. This year they're now back to being "only" an engine supplier.

Of course you can ignore my theory, but I'm 100% certain MB will never win a title in F1 and ultimately give it up. Hopefully at that point they will remain as an engine supplier.

 

I don't think being French or German or Japanese matters, all the teams are usually based in England anyway. Regardless they still did the "impossible" and won titles as a car manufacturer.