Mercedes GP W02

[marcush.]

maybe they got asked:
what is the difference between barcelona and Melbourne spec?
We did this and that improvement
Did you back to back test the test specification to the improvements?
No
So go and do that...Board meetings tend to be straightforward especially when you cannopt prove something black and white.

[JohnsonsEvilTwin]

maybe they got asked:
what is the difference between barcelona and Melbourne spec?
We did this and that improvement
Did you back to back test the test specification to the improvements?
No
So go and do that...Board meetings tend to be straightforward especially when you cannopt prove something black and white.

You reckon a board meeting dictated the current W02 guise?

I say they knew what worked before and what had undoubted pace, and added some "enhancers" and got stuck. Reverese engineered and hey presto, back in the mix
Although its still far to early to say as Mercedes traditionally do well friday only for everything to fall to pieces on saturday.

Their news that the fuel loads where far heavier than normal is music to my ears!

[marcush.]

I think Norbert and ross face the board now on a weekly base and report what they have done and what they will do and what i´s going to happen.The pressure must be
immense and I don´t think there is anything they could discuss there.
It´s just the suits will demand some things good or bad but you need to showboat noweven if it´s not helpful for the task ahead.These guys are fighting to stay on board come european season.

[JohnsonsEvilTwin]

I think Norbert and ross face the board now on a weekly base and report what they have done and what they will do and what i´s going to happen.The pressure must be
immense and I don´t think there is anything they could discuss there.
It´s just the suits will demand some things good or bad but you need to showboat noweven if it´s not helpful for the task ahead.These guys are fighting to stay on board come european season.

What are the German media saying about this Marcush?

My browser wont translate!

I think these meetings are a waste. It will not help the W02 further up the grid, thats for sure.

[mantikos]

Any one have pics from today's session...I want to see what changes the car had

[bot6]

Brawn said that the team was having a complete debrief of what happened since Barcelona in order to find where the performance was lost. Apparently that process was still ongoing last weekend. And the result from this debrief was to reverse to Barça spec floor and bodywork apparently.

I don't know if that initiative comes from Mercedes Benz or from Brawn directly, but it seems to be a sound decision from what we've seen today. But the real test will be tomorrow and Sunday. Before some serious points are scored, this is still just good intentions.

[marcush.]

I think Norbert and ross face the board now on a weekly base and report what they have done and what they will do and what i´s going to happen.The pressure must be
immense and I don´t think there is anything they could discuss there.
It´s just the suits will demand some things good or bad but you need to showboat noweven if it´s not helpful for the task ahead.These guys are fighting to stay on board come european season.

What are the German media saying about this Marcush?

My browser wont translate!

I think these meetings are a waste. It will not help the W02 further up the grid, thats for sure.

You would not read anything about this in the media.BUT it is reality ...I have encountered things like this -not in motorsports- and it is everything but not a help or even leading in the right direction.
Unfortunatelly i have not seen Zetsches speech a few days ago did he even mention F1? if not -rest assured Norby and Ross are history...


As ound dicision is a back to back test ..I don´t know what they did todays ..and interestingly nobody Schumacher ,Rosberg,Brawn or Haug even mentioned their switch back to Barcelona spec...Why?.. because it was demanded by higher forces,I suspect.

Faqct is ...if we do not see spectacular imrovements Mercedes will drop this at the end of 2012.So when you plan a major reshuffle to make the leap forward who would join the party -to build one car to be judged on-do or die .....so You will not get Newey or anyone from RedBull for that...

[bot6]

Marcush, do you have any evidence supporting that weekly meeting theory? What are your sources?

[adrianjordan]

Marcush, do you have any evidence supporting that weekly meeting theory? What are your sources?

I would be surprised if they are holding meetings with the MB board every week. If for no other reason than I would have thought the MB board would have too many other things to do.

[Ferraripilot]

Anyone able to tell if the car is running more rake? I know it was mentioned they would give that a shot, but then again their entire setup paradigm has changed for this race. It appears to be working thus far too.....

[mantikos]

Anyone able to tell if the car is running more rake? I know it was mentioned they would give that a shot, but then again their entire setup paradigm has changed for this race. It appears to be working thus far too.....

Any pics at all?! *crickets*

[Ferraripilot]

Anyone able to tell if the car is running more rake? I know it was mentioned they would give that a shot, but then again their entire setup paradigm has changed for this race. It appears to be working thus far too.....

Any pics at all?! *crickets*

I cannot find any that appear to be helpful, but I have noticed per watching both practices last night that the car seems even more pointy/oversteery than before which indicates to me that they may very well have raked the car more a half a degree or so. The tail is still very happy out of the corners. This car seems to -unsuprisingly- be the antithesis to the Mclaren which is very quick of the corners and planted at the back end yet not as quick into the keyhole.

[mantikos]

Anyone able to tell if the car is running more rake? I know it was mentioned they would give that a shot, but then again their entire setup paradigm has changed for this race. It appears to be working thus far too.....

Any pics at all?! *crickets*

I cannot find any that appear to be helpful, but I have noticed per watching both practices last night that the car seems even more pointy/oversteery than before which indicates to me that they may very well have raked the car more a half a degree or so. The tail is still very happy out of the corners. This car seems to -unsuprisingly- be the antithesis to the Mclaren which is very quick of the corners and planted at the back end yet not as quick into the keyhole.

So you found some pics from FP for the Merc? please can you share the link as I have been unable to find ANY!

[JohnsonsEvilTwin]

[JohnsonsEvilTwin]