Hammerfist wrote: ↑01 Feb 2024, 16:42
Also saddens me to see how the Mercedes juggernaut has crumbled down. They will probably be stuck in the midfield for years now until the board decides to pull the plug. Wow.
3rd in 2022 and 2nd in 2023. After being first for 8 years straight. Not sure how that is considered crumbling down. Every athlete has good and bad years. You don't just depend on yourself, but also the competition. Same with teams.
Could've been much worse. For someone who is used to #1, #2 is not great but still, there are others even lower than that.
And yes, W15 could be bad, or could be great or even mediocre. Who knows? I'm sure even they don't know 100%. Their simulations were saying the 2022 is the bomb and that didn't work out. So the idea that he tried the car and signed, is pretty much nonsense. This decision was made over the winter, when the car was still being developed and there was no actual simulator model anyway - if that is even relevant.
What's certain is that 2024 and 2025 will be so exciting!!!