TECH TUESDAY: How cooling demands neutralised Mercedes’
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Panther_99FS
Retired SOH Administrator
Did you read the part about sacrificing cooling on 4 tracks for aero speed on the other 17 tracks when designing the car?Really?
Same conditions for every one else.
Panther_99FS
Retired SOH Administrator
I did indeed ED.
" it may well be worth doing."
So why are they so unhappy?
Typical 'Mercedes'.
They were unhappy for the same reason RBR was unhappy when Vettel would lose.....
wombat666
Administrator
I suppose this is the typical 'Corporate' mentality that has ruined what was once the best of the best.
Something along the lines of "We can win all 17 rounds if we sacrifice the 4 'hot' rounds so that is the way forward".........................
I've been working my way through my ridiculously large stash of Grand Prix negatives and am going through 1998 at Albert Park, the variety of engines alone is impressive, even the aero is simple compared to the present generation.
Even 30 odd years ago the business side of F1 on the entrants was relatively muted. Relatively.
I should admit to really disliking Mercedes Benz and all who sail in her, the only decent road car they built was the 300SL, and (today) the supposed link between the company and EffWUn is dubious.
When I first got together with Madame Wombat she drove a Benz, 'because the other Surgeons drove them'............fine if you want to travel in your own lounge room.
A couple of years later Sofie became 'Ms. BMW Woman' and has never looked back, but she avoids the larger models and sticks with the M3 variations.
What I think I'm getting at is this: Motor racing today is not a sporting contest, rather it has become another area of the 'Corporate Wars', which probably sounds like rampant paranoia.
However, especially in Australia, it seems that the Government doesn't actually 'govern', multi national corporations call the shots.
Must be time for my meds and a nanna nap.
Something along the lines of "We can win all 17 rounds if we sacrifice the 4 'hot' rounds so that is the way forward".........................
I've been working my way through my ridiculously large stash of Grand Prix negatives and am going through 1998 at Albert Park, the variety of engines alone is impressive, even the aero is simple compared to the present generation.
Even 30 odd years ago the business side of F1 on the entrants was relatively muted. Relatively.
I should admit to really disliking Mercedes Benz and all who sail in her, the only decent road car they built was the 300SL, and (today) the supposed link between the company and EffWUn is dubious.
When I first got together with Madame Wombat she drove a Benz, 'because the other Surgeons drove them'............fine if you want to travel in your own lounge room.
A couple of years later Sofie became 'Ms. BMW Woman' and has never looked back, but she avoids the larger models and sticks with the M3 variations.
What I think I'm getting at is this: Motor racing today is not a sporting contest, rather it has become another area of the 'Corporate Wars', which probably sounds like rampant paranoia.
However, especially in Australia, it seems that the Government doesn't actually 'govern', multi national corporations call the shots.
Must be time for my meds and a nanna nap.