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AravJ

Could be this engine swapping is a pretty tricky thing as this was the consensus best chassis last year but they seem to have lost 8ths to 1s against the top two so far this year. There was the regulation change to consider as well and their in-season development is usually insane and I also doubt ...

AravJ

No, I don't think it would have remained because Honda have clearly made improvements in the meantime, as they bloody well should after so long. The data would be telling them how strong the PU was so it would be clear that any speed deficiencies would be in the chassis. There would be nowhere for ...

AravJ

No, I don't think it would have remained because Honda have clearly made improvements in the meantime, as they bloody well should after so long. The data would be telling them how strong the PU was so it would be clear that any speed deficiencies would be in the chassis. There would be nowhere for ...

AravJ

No, I don't think it would have remained because Honda have clearly made improvements in the meantime, as they bloody well should after so long. The data would be telling them how strong the PU was so it would be clear that any speed deficiencies would be in the chassis. There would be nowhere for ...

AravJ

They'd have certainly had a better chance to which is about all we can say. They'd have known in 2015 exactly where they stood chassis-wise, the good parts of the car would perform better with more power and I assume they wouldn't have lost so many sponsors, including their two biggest sponsors in ...

AravJ

and you have evidence Honda disagreed with him? RD was the spokesperson for the team. Doesn't make sense to me that RD would be confident they would be competitive while Honda thought they wouldn't be. And if that were true it would paint Honda in an even worse light that they let their partner thi...

AravJ

and you have evidence Honda disagreed with him? RD was the spokesperson for the team. Doesn't make sense to me that RD would be confident they would be competitive while Honda thought they wouldn't be. And if that were true it would paint Honda in an even worse light that they let their partner thi...

AravJ

But the engineers would also have known just how good (or bad) the Honda PU was. The data can't lie in that respect. It's inconceivable to me that they would have been able to fudge those figures and that would move the needle into fraud territory rather than incompetence, which is a whole other ba...

AravJ

Given that independent experts were saying that the McLaren chassis was pretty good in 2017, I'll beg to differ. But it's not really relevant whether they were top or midfield, tbh. The thread is about who were the problem and it's pretty indisputable that Honda were terrible. Think about it. As so...

AravJ

"McLaren never admitted anything"... Literally every weekend they would say they still lagged behind the top cars in some areas between 2015-2017. 2015 especially before Prod got a real hold of it, Button called the car scary in Spain iirc. The last Alonso comments in 2017 were him saying they lack...

AravJ

"McLaren never admitted anything"... Literally every weekend they would say they still lagged behind the top cars in some areas between 2015-2017. 2015 especially before Prod got a real hold of it, Button called the car scary in Spain iirc. The last Alonso comments in 2017 were him saying they lack...

AravJ

In 2017 it wasn't just McLaren who said they had a good car, as has been pointed out above. In 2018 they had to make too many compromises for the new engine and they botched it. But from the moment they partnered with Honda it's been all but impossible to tell how good the3 chassis was as the PU wa...

AravJ

In 2017 it wasn't just McLaren who said they had a good car, as has been pointed out above. In 2018 they had to make too many compromises for the new engine and they botched it. But from the moment they partnered with Honda it's been all but impossible to tell how good the3 chassis was as the PU wa...

AravJ

He can win with Renault with time needed to develop the car as it is a works team. However it can turn into never unless Renault make some serious restructure with management like McLaren has done. Cyril is too stuck on political fights with other teams rather than focusing on Renault itself.

AravJ

There's nothing really dishonest about either of those things though so there's no real need for the bee in the bonnet though. If Honda had more power then McLaren would've had higher top speed with the same amount of d/f which was needed if McLaren wanted to be competitive. If it was just about th...

AravJ

There's nothing really dishonest about either of those things though so there's no real need for the bee in the bonnet though. If Honda had more power then McLaren would've had higher top speed with the same amount of d/f which was needed if McLaren wanted to be competitive. If it was just about th...

AravJ

One thing I will say is that I believe that Honda will eventually surpass Ferrari and Mercedes in terms of engine performance. This is a lot like the 80s Turbo era to me. Now that they've got things sorted, I expect Honda to reach the top in terms of performance. Red Bull were fastest through the t...

AravJ

Of course McLaren were the problem. That is why they went for a restructure. You don't do that if you were making race winning chasis and get it wrong once. They realized it last year that they were always and midfield and made a change in management which is good. I am sure they can rebuild from th...

AravJ

Gasly was really, really poor. Ricciardo or Verstappen would have finished 6th given his race today. He will need to do an awful lot better than that. Err, Ricciardo put it on the grass today like a amateur so no, not really. Comes down to luck doesn't it. Rb messed up his quali on a track that is ...

AravJ

Gasly was really, really poor. Ricciardo or Verstappen would have finished 6th given his race today. He will need to do an awful lot better than that. Err, Ricciardo put it on the grass today like a amateur so no, not really. Comes down to luck doesn't it. Rb messed up his quali on a track that is ...

AravJ

Normality has resumed with Lewis 7th tenths faster than the competition after all the yearly hopes and hypes of them having some competition. RBR did well to close the gap to Ferrari in qualy but serious strategy mistake with Gasly. McLaren seems to be in the middle or better part of the mid field w...

AravJ

Watched the whole season. Gave good insights to the midfield like the Haas, Renault rivalry, Nico and Magnussen rivalry. We always knew there was a battle for 4th, but the series brought so much more to it. Would have been nice to watch it as last season progressed as build up to the races. All we g...

AravJ

It should just be available on an app where users can select what they want to see. Don't crowd the TV screen or cut away to some analysis with your new gadget, I want to watch the race.

AravJ

Ocon probably played the Merc game by trying to hold up Max, but went very wrong.
Good thing Ocon is not driving next year.
Deserves to be out of a seat

AravJ

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/ferrari-never-dominant-car-vettel/3207115/ So I've just read the above article (sorry Planet F1 - I still read your articles!) ...and couldn't help but think Vettel has shot himself in the foot . He's done this because he is partly right in what he is saying. Wher...

AravJ

I suspect it's part RBR trying things on - I just wonder if they're trying the more extreme things on with Dan - with him paying price - so they can do more later 'if it works' - but knowing it is most likely not to work Do you think they tried something on Vestappens suspension that caused it to f...

AravJ

Actually, the only Renault team to suffer issues with their PU consistently is Red Bull. While they don’t actually work on the units fully themselves, they do tinker with parts, and more importantly, they create their own engine maps for power, and whatever it is they’re doing is causing failures i...

AravJ

Actually, the only Renault team to suffer issues with their PU consistently is Red Bull. While they don’t actually work on the units fully themselves, they do tinker with parts, and more importantly, they create their own engine maps for power, and whatever it is they’re doing is causing failures i...

AravJ

Does it suggest that RBR are actually intervening with Dan as his remarkable reliability record suggests? Why be petty and block him from testing for Renault (Horner's excuse doesn't hold water given how much RBR have gained (or shafted) v Dan in salary terms this year alone - and is the reliabilit...

AravJ

Not so sure they passed Renault. It's only been one race. But even if they just caught Renault that would be a good effort and the momentum is a good sign for RBR even though Honda is still far behind Merc/Ferrari. Renault on the other hand has improved the least. They themselves are not confident o...

AravJ

They simply do not have money this year compared to last year and years before. And with the money they do have they are ineffeciecient. It's poor management and business decisions. Sad for the good men and women that work there. I see next year being make or break before they accelerate down the pa...

AravJ

According to the BBC, 'Keeping Raikkonen had been Vettel's preferred option'. Well yes, it would be wouldn't it! So how will Kimi react to team orders for the rest of the season now he's leaving and knows he's not got many more opportunities for a race win? It could get a little spicy. so does this...

AravJ

The whole point of a flexing wing is that it changes its angle of attack to give less drag on the straights and more downforce in corners. In the video the Mercedes wing is not doing that, it is wobbling from side to side which from my understanding gives no aerodynamic benefit. Nothing to see here...

AravJ

Everybody from qualifying said Mercedes has more wing due to S2. But during the race, every time they showed a Hamilton vs Vettel S1,S2,S3 comparison. Vettel was making all his time in S2 After the race Vettel said they were running less wing than Mercedes in the race, but yeah it is a bit weird th...

AravJ

Everybody from qualifying said Mercedes has more wing due to S2. But during the race, every time they showed a Hamilton vs Vettel S1,S2,S3 comparison. Vettel was making all his time in S2 After the race Vettel said they were running less wing than Mercedes in the race, but yeah it is a bit weird th...

AravJ

Lewis just hinted at the obvious. Vettel had a clear advantage on the straight. It's just excuses, or are you saying force India also has clear advantage on the straights too against the updated Merc PU. Everyone is ignoring FI almost took the lead Lewis obviously did not get a good run on the firs...

AravJ

So it seems RedBull didn't go out for the last laps. Don't know exactly the reason for that. Otherwise they should've been around p2-p4. They took the same strategy as Ferrari with Kimi, expecting the track to get worse so did not spend time time in the garage to refuel. At the time it looked like ...

AravJ

zaar wrote:Both McLaren out in Q1 ...

They qualified better last year with a Honda PU 11th and 15th

AravJ

I vote unsuccessful. If we talking about a three year project then maybe successful. Renault are still in the solid midfield even though the points say fourth they are a long way behind third. I just hope they have something up their sleeves that convinced Dan.

AravJ

From the outside Dan moving to Renault is a mistake. Hope they showed him something that gave promise that Renault could be in the top three next year.

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