Lauda thinks Mercedes' rival cars are ****

LMAO. Yeah Lauda

 

Definitely. They just happen to show up at the right time..

 

Show Me where Helmut Marco described his rivals cars as being s:censored:t!



Thinking more about Lauda's comments, it's even disrespectful to his own team and their efforts!

Rather than praising the team effort this season as being something extraordinary, he's basically saying that what they've achieved this season is due to everyone else doing such a poor job rather than his team doing a great job!

From a PR perspective, it's actually not that smart a comment to make!

 

Lauda may sound witty because the team is winning. By his logic Mercedes were stupid up until this year.

One thing is to be outspoken and another to talk crap about your competitors.

 

So, Lauda is still Lauda after all these years. I find that comforting, actually.

SF could use a little of his German meticulousness and outspoken stubbornness to cut through their Spaghetti Politics, frankly. But he'd have to wear red shirts in the pits.

Cheers,

George

 

I don't think he's ever directly said it with those exact words but you can't say that he's never belittled his rivals. We've often heard remarks and criticism about other drivers in particular. I remember him saying Buemi and Alguersuari were no good, there's no end to the criticism he had towards Webber, he's often complained about Alonso and his "political games" , I even remember his saying something along of the lines of Vettel is better than Alonso and Hamilton combined.

 

Er, mate you have cut what Lauda said to pieces so it no longer makes sense. He criticized quite rightly McLaren because we know their engine is good so the car must snck massively. And he criticized Ferrari quite rightly because we ALL know their engine is utter rubbish, but he then says this will be corrected next year because FERRARI car fix their engine.


And to the rest of you he is absolutely 100% right. How many years did the engineers have to come up with these new engines AND only one engine supplier thought outside the box and made a decent one. Sorry the other engine designers: Renault and Ferrari (are there any others or are we down to just 3 now?) did very little laterial thinking at all and now are paying the price. Quite pathetic for supposedly cutting edge engineers ... guess they won't be looking for a new job any time soon as their CV will snck

And also over the last few years the Mercedes has been very fast but not a winner and I am absolutely sure Lauda told them what he thought of their car. Did he not get out of a Ferrari F1 car on his first test and say it was a piece of ***** ... and thankfully Ferrari had the balls to listen and do something about it. Unfortunately when Prost said the same he was sacked ... great pity.
Pete

 

If, as you say, Lauda is right, then that means he doesn't think Mercedes are doing an exceptional job with their design, race tactics and drivers, they are merely winning because everyone else has done such a poor job!

That's actually kinda shooting yourself in the foot when you think about it!

( I can imagine him now, talking to his wife: "No, you're not pretty, it's just that the rest are uglier than you are!............Now what have I said wrong?....................You said you wanted honesty in our relationship and now your crying!?" )

 

It´s just a question of "etiquette".

Everybody knows that all cars compared to the Mercedes are sh*t, but using that vocabulary, you´re making everybody look like fools.

Yes, the Mercedes guys are smart. But it´s not only that they´re smart, they also could outspend everybody these last two years while they were preparing the new engine. Also, it´s funny that now Lauda says that the engine freeze is there for everybody and that his rivals should STFU, when he was whining about the tyres all day in 2013.

Some may argue that Lauda knows his business and has earned the right to say whatever he wants. But his contributtion to the success of his team is rather limited compared to Brawn, Bell, or even Toto Wolff; he´s not much more than the Helmut marko of Mercedes. And his previous experiences in the world of team managing at Jaguar and Ferrari sucked, big time. Even if now he´s kicking everybody arses, he´s got reasons for humbleness too.

So Lauda should remember that scene in the Rush movie when he was trying to boycott a race and most of the drivers voted against him because he behaved like a moron. Then James Hunt told him something like "hey, sometimes being nice is useful".

 

No I don't think he thinks that. Their design is great and he knows it.

And yes DeSoto, you are right of course but that is not how Lauda plays
Pete

 

some of you guys need to read some more on lauda.
he has always been like this and said these types of things - this is nothing new.
nor does his most recent statement have any real depth of hidden meaning - he is just speaking his mind about the present situation when asked about the field. and at this moment in time he is right.

none of you know precisely what his contributions to the team are, but given that the people who do know still employ him, i suggest that he is probably fulfilling his obligations.

anybody getting their panties in a wad over this probably dont have that much direct involvement in the pirannha pool......you need to be a lot tougher to swim with these guys.

man up !