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- Sun Feb 15, 2015 11:57 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck]
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Re: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck
As for the Mercedes may quit. There is plenty of evidence and opinion around the web on this and it has been put out elsewhere that Merc wanted a seat at the table with the counter argument from BE that Merc should show their seriousness by signing a big name (Hamilton). ... like, 'Michael Schumach...
- Sun Feb 15, 2015 11:47 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck]
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Re: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck
My understanding was that the key to unlocking Concorde was Hamilton. 'Telegraph sport understand that Mercedes are waiting for their board to sign off on the new Concorde agreement before making an official announcement regarding Hamilton.' Could be a coincidence I suppose? Since both of the thing...
- Sun Feb 15, 2015 10:05 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck]
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Re: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck
Both signings galvanised both teams to up their game. That's a save position, poker. It does not require any explanation as what either of them did nor how exactly did they contribute in building the great car/team; they accomplished it merely by their divine presence. So, look! Vettel did that sam...
- Sun Feb 15, 2015 7:52 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck]
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Re: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck
I believe Hamilton was just one of many factors that convinced Mercedes board to stay in F1. That's it in my opinion. The car and engine were in development before Hamilton came there and later I doubt his arrival radical changed plans regarding engine and chassis design for 2014. yep, I'd go along...
- Sun Feb 15, 2015 7:49 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck]
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Re: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck
As was Kimi and Alonso what is your point the teams have a place for two drivers . Alonso is held in high regard as a driver but not a team player. McLaren considered moving Jenson or Magnussen to have him as part of their re-structuring of Mclaren. Despite his so called (disruptive nature) The Leg...
- Sun Feb 15, 2015 6:15 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck]
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Re: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck
As for the Mercedes may quit. There is plenty of evidence and opinion around the web on this and it has been put out elsewhere that Merc wanted a seat at the table with the counter argument from BE that Merc should show their seriousness by signing a big name (Hamilton). ... like, 'Michael Schumach...
- Sun Feb 15, 2015 6:08 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck]
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Re: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck
So you don't believe Mercedes have gained anything by having Lewis ? Was the decline of Mclaren was made worse by Lewis"s absence, we don't know but the teams seem to hold him in high regard, Perhaps because they work with him and have direct access to his telemetry which shows a clear difference i...
- Sun Feb 15, 2015 6:04 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck]
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Re: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck
Good, it's quite embarrassing actuallyZoue wrote: no worries - simple misunderstanding
- Sun Feb 15, 2015 6:02 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck]
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Re: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck
As for the Mercedes may quit. There is plenty of evidence and opinion around the web on this and it has been put out elsewhere that Merc wanted a seat at the table with the counter argument from BE that Merc should show their seriousness by signing a big name (Hamilton). ... like, 'Michael Schumach...
- Sun Feb 15, 2015 5:55 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck]
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Re: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck
My understanding was that the key to unlocking Concorde was Hamilton. 'Telegraph sport understand that Mercedes are waiting for their board to sign off on the new Concorde agreement before making an official announcement regarding Hamilton.' Could be a coincidence I suppose? Since both of the thing...
- Sun Feb 15, 2015 5:48 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck]
- Replies: 648
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Re: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck
As for the Mercedes may quit. There is plenty of evidence and opinion around the web on this and it has been put out elsewhere that Merc wanted a seat at the table with the counter argument from BE that Merc should show their seriousness by signing a big name (Hamilton). ... like, 'Michael Schumach...
- Sun Feb 15, 2015 5:46 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck]
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Re: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck
Fair enough, but I'd still like to see some actual reasoning as to how Lewis has benefited Merc. Pokerman may be right that Bernie forced them to employ Lewis to gain the additional funding, but other than this?? So you don't believe Mercedes have gained anything by having Lewis ? Was the decline o...
- Sun Feb 15, 2015 5:39 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck]
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Re: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck
I still haven't found a clear description of why Mercedes would have been considering leaving F1 in 2012, when they had been developing the 2013 new engine concept for years, starting from before the initial deployment of KERS. (The new engines were then delayed by a year.) Also, I have not yet com...
- Sun Feb 15, 2015 5:33 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck]
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Re: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck
Is the question directed at me ? If so what difference are you referring to ? My mistake :blush: , I thought you were one of those that believed Lewis 'made the difference' that resulted in Merc being so dominant in '14. I see... well my take on it is. Mercedes were a team in decline, they had slip...
- Sun Feb 15, 2015 1:13 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck]
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Re: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck
Who has said serving time is what counts? That's your line, not mine. It's not the overall duration that counts, but the level of involvement. Schumacher was part of the Ferrari revitalisation program right from the start, whereas Lewis joined when it was all over bar the shouting. I don't know how...
- Sun Feb 15, 2015 2:33 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Official Sebastian Vettel thread
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Re: Official Sebastian Vettel thread
Very nostalgic, the pics have a James Dean/Steve McQueen feel about them
- Sun Feb 15, 2015 2:25 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: 2015 Feeder Series Uberthread
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Re: 2015 Feeder Series Uberthread
In the DAMS car i would make him favourite for the title given his GP3 performances Depends a bit. Rowland is experienced with the car. Wouldn't surprise me if he builds an advantage early in the season, with Stoneman catching up in the second half of the season. I must admit i watched nothing of F...
- Sun Feb 15, 2015 2:17 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: FIA F1 Superlicence system
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Re: FIA F1 Superlicence system
Its got nothing to do with my understanding of the sport, or understanding where drivers come from. Your argument there is just ill informed and reading the wrong thing into what I am saying. Its just better for F1 to of this. This is a good move for F1 and a smart one. Don't blame me for understan...
- Sun Feb 15, 2015 2:01 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck]
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Re: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck
But apparently Hamilton is just another driver who turns up and drives the car
- Sun Feb 15, 2015 2:00 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck]
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Re: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck
No, that's not quite true. Schumacher was one of the first of Todt's hires (followed by Brawn and Byrne). Lewis was one of the last for Mercedes. So Schumacher followed by Brawn and Byrne as opposed to Hamilton followed by Wolff and Lowe? Oh, God. Are their no lengths to which Hamilton supporters w...
- Sun Feb 15, 2015 1:52 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck]
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Re: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck
Just asked: I said that with only Rosberg on board as driver, it won't be enough for them even winning both titles to be the "talked about Team" on the grid. With Lewis, they would have had the newspaper columns whatever the car pace is. McLaren signing with Montoya in 2003 had similar aims. Just r...
- Sun Feb 15, 2015 1:48 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck]
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Re: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck
Well Hamilton had more than one option, he had McLaren or Mercedes. It seems people want to give Schumacher more credit because he served more time before the team started winning titles, I for one don't see the difference, either a driver can make a difference to the performance of a car or he can...
- Sun Feb 15, 2015 1:43 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck]
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Re: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck
I think through all the posts you missed the fact that 2014 for Mercedes might not have happened if they had not signed Hamilton , they were seriously considering quitting F1. Where is the credibility in that "fact"? Maybe it's the time to start taking some responsibility for what you are claiming ...
- Sun Feb 15, 2015 1:38 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck]
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Re: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck
My understanding is somewhat different. (although I may be wrong.) Mercedes wanted a seat at the top table but were drifting. BEs argument was youre not a top team, going nowhere, and could pull out of F1 anytime. The Merc response was that all the top engineers were locked into the big teams and i...
- Sun Feb 15, 2015 1:36 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck]
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Re: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck
Who has said serving time is what counts? That's your line, not mine. It's not the overall duration that counts, but the level of involvement. Schumacher was part of the Ferrari revitalisation program right from the start, whereas Lewis joined when it was all over bar the shouting. I don't know how...
- Sun Feb 15, 2015 1:34 am
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck]
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Re: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck
Well you have to ask yourself why were the likes of Brawn, Lauda and Fry so desperate to sign Hamilton You seem to have this habit of asking the rhetoric questions that you yourself actually do not have any concrete legitimate answer on it. It seems like that you think, just because such kind of qu...
- Sat Feb 14, 2015 7:19 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck]
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Re: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck
I think through all the posts you missed the fact that 2014 for Mercedes might not have happened if they had not signed Hamilton , they were seriously considering quitting F1. Where is the credibility in that "fact"? Maybe it's the time to start taking some responsibility for what you are claiming ...
- Sat Feb 14, 2015 7:12 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck]
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Re: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck
What doesn't surprise me is that you seem to know everything that we don't know. Well you have to ask yourself why were the likes of Brawn, Lauda and Fry so desperate to sign Hamilton Just asked: I said that with only Rosberg on board as driver, it won't be enough for them even winning both titles ...
- Sat Feb 14, 2015 7:10 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck]
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Re: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck
How many top drivers do you think there is?VDV23 wrote:In other words, the only top driver on the market and the only one with an expiring contract you mean?pokerman wrote: Not any top driver, the target was Lewis Hamilton
- Sat Feb 14, 2015 7:05 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck]
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Re: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck
Well you have to ask yourself why were the likes of Brawn, Lauda and Fry so desperate to sign Hamilton You seem to have this habit of asking the rhetoric questions that you yourself actually do not have any concrete legitimate answer on it. It seems like that you think, just because such kind of qu...
- Sat Feb 14, 2015 7:03 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck]
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Re: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck
I suppose, Hamilton's racing abilities had been valued more than Rosberg's. That's why. I think they just didn't know how to rate Rosberg and they couldn't justify putting enormous investment in a Rosberg led Mercedes team Like, you got now "Hamilton led Mercedes"? Was he to have some more of bad l...
- Sat Feb 14, 2015 7:02 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck]
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Re: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck
Red Bull also turned down Alonso the best driver in F1, so were does your theory go now? Exactly the same thing: Never mind what name, their importance to win the titles fades away if the car is great. So neither Alonso nor Lewis. Red Bull didn't need either Alonso or Hamilton to win titles because...
- Sat Feb 14, 2015 6:59 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck]
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Re: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck
Well Hamilton had more than one option, he had McLaren or Mercedes. It seems people want to give Schumacher more credit because he served more time before the team started winning titles, I for one don't see the difference, either a driver can make a difference to the performance of a car or he can...
- Sat Feb 14, 2015 6:48 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck]
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Re: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck
But you are quite happy to credit Schumacher with the success of the Ferrari team Horner's comment about Hamilton was that he didn't want two roosters in the same hen house, that wasn't a negative take on Hamilton I didn't say it was a negative take. But the previous article claimed that if Mark ha...
- Sat Feb 14, 2015 6:00 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck]
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Re: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck
As for Ferrari do you really think Alonso would have stood for them signing Hamilton, he wasn't overly enamored with the signing of Kimi even though he knew he would beat him, again another negative slant you want to put Hamilton's way. Also regarding Ferrari do you realise that Alonso tried to bro...
- Sat Feb 14, 2015 5:59 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck]
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Re: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck
yes, well, in the same article Bernie said it was good that McLaren had brought on Perez and look how that turned out. I shouldn't hold him up as all-seeing just yet. And another article had Horner going on record saying he wouldn't hire Lewis as Seb's team mate. So, who to believe? Of course it ma...
- Sat Feb 14, 2015 5:49 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck]
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Re: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck
Yes, something is fishy. It was the gunman on the grassy knoll What doesn't surprise me is that you seem to know everything that we don't know. Well you have to ask yourself why were the likes of Brawn, Lauda and Fry so desperate to sign Hamilton Just asked: I said that with only Rosberg on board a...
- Sat Feb 14, 2015 1:26 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck]
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Re: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck
As I say thats just my understanding, but if you do research it I would be interested in any links you've got. So far, trawling through the news, I've not found much showing how the situation developed through 2012. What did strike me, especially after what you explained, is that there has to be a ...
- Sat Feb 14, 2015 1:22 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck]
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Re: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck
Assuming Brawn said the truth: 'Its corrrect he gives us reference points and helps us understand what we need to focus on' Brawn and his engineering team lack the ability to understand where to focus. 'He tells us what he thinks and hes never short of detail and then you learn what level you need ...
- Sat Feb 14, 2015 1:20 pm
- Forum: F1 & Motorsport Forum
- Topic: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck]
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Re: Team changes: Luck v Intuition [Formerly Fernando's Luck
As for Ferrari do you really think Alonso would have stood for them signing Hamilton, he wasn't overly enamored with the signing of Kimi even though he knew he would beat him, again another negative slant you want to put Hamilton's way. Also regarding Ferrari do you realise that Alonso tried to bro...