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And THAT was something Ferrari tried to copy from Red Bull - without much success, I might add.

So why is the Scuderia always doing the opposite? I would not consider developing a system that other teams have had for 2 years innovating, unless there was some radical difference with Ferrari's...

Seems to be a pattern at the Scuderia - they innovate, we imitate.

Championship, maybe (probably) not, but Williams has always had good straight line speed, so at least they've got 1/2 the equation figured out. Without having any idea of the actual details, I can...

Called it last week in the Rosberg thread. If anyone needs the winning lottery numbers, send me an email.

Mercedes will buy Bottas. They will make Williams an offer they can't refuse.

If they make the damned thing fast, they can paint it PINK!

I agree with you on all points. Lewis was doing what he could to get the championship. If he was going too slow for Nico, let Nico pass him. That being said, his strategy did not succeed and he...

Wonderful! Our development is so bad that we're left with hoping that SANTA brings a winning car!

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Agree completely. NOBODY does that with a car in those conditions without a tremendous amount of talent.

I look at it a similar to professional sports taboos against criticizing officials publicly. If an NFL coach criticizes officials, no matter how badly they blew a call, he will be fined by the...

That is laughable. In most cases, several angles need to be looked at to determine fault, if any. The stewards are looking at video replays, the same as we are. And the replays aren't available...

At most tracks, 1 lap is less than 2 minutes. I think it is quite unrealistic to say that the stewards need to come to a decision in that amount of time.

Kimi was on softs. MV was on mediums.

Joke if you want. The point is -and has been lately - that Ferarri as a team have been sorely lacking in the development areas for years - since, say, oh , i don't know, they let Ross Braun and Jean...

Why was it inevitable that RB start catching everyone - especially Ferrari? Do we not have engine techs? Do we not have engineers? Do we not have development personnel? Do we not have the budget?...

We WERE well ahead of RB. Now, I'd say we're pretty close to even. Either they've gone forward, or we've gone backward. I don't call that accomplishing anything.

I wouldn't exactly call any innovation that has us fighting to stay ahead of the Red Bulls rather than catching up to Mercedes "clever".

And we all know how well things have gone since then. If this is an accurate story, I have lost any respect for Luca that I had.

If Renault are nowhere, then we are worse than nowhere. They were well behind us, and now we are chasing them and not Mercedes.

What the whole article boils down to me is that other teams appear to be much better at innovating and pushing the envelope than The Scuderia has shown to be lately. There seems to be a disturbing...

I'm thinking Merc's post race comments make your suspicion doubtful. Unless, of course, it's all one giant DaVinci code conspiracy.
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The PU can have a good deal of impact on mechanical grip. If you're getting 50 more BHP from your PU, you can run more wing, thus more downforce, thus more grip. Even in slower corners this matters,...

What I take this to mean is that Mercedes is so confident that their car remains faster than the rest of the field that they do not need the super softs to go fast, so they are working to optimize...

The beatings will continue until morale improves.