Ferraripilot wrote:Schu's comments regarding the timeframe it takes to do such things makes all the sense in the world and it's certainly something we've all known but rarely talked about. As much as we wanted W02 to be amazingly successful, statistically the odds were against them as the F1 r&d curve takes a while without a major DDD innovation or the like. Also, MB is doing something different with W02. If they eventually pull this off, teams will scratch their collective heads for a good couple of seasons before they either copy what they are doing or innovate their own idea and begin the process over.
I agree, the cooling solution is certainly innovative. We'll see if that pays off in the end. It looks like the car has serious pace compared to last years car, which seemed so/so, they just can't get through the issues with the W02 yet. If the car was bang on from day 1, I would expect them to be challenging for podiums now, like the team talked about early on.
We'll see how they look in Canada soon enough. If they put on a good show, there will be hope for Monza and Spa.