munudeges wrote:No matter what anyone says no one races for points finishes when a win is possible. The car went through qualifying as it was so it can't have been completely unsafe to have ran a few extra laps. That's part of being a racing team and part of being a racing driver.
I was very impressed with the RB7 yesterday and other teams will have been pretty downcast regarding the work they would have done during the break to try and catch up. Spa is a circuit where Red Bull haven't and shouldn't have been as dominant as they were based on past form because of the straight line performance and horsepower you generally need there.
Straight line performance has not been Red Bull's strong point due to the downforce and extra drag they probably generate, but also because of a power disadvantage with the Renault and the fact that their KERS is smaller and has less power than other teams. However, they seemed to have overcome those historical disadvantages by creating less drag and having more downforce than anyone else as well as having reliable KERS. They've completed some impressive work during the break and other teams seem to be firmly behind again.
If they go well at Monza then it doesn't bode well for other teams next season if the Renault engine was somehow to get more power (there will be more Renault teams on the grid next season to vote for equalisation and engine changes) and they get more power out of that small KERS unit as they improve it.
I beg to differ here Seg .
Racing is not about taking uncalculable risks -see flying arrows in LeMans a few years back-
Racing is dangerous and the good teams and drivers DO NOT PUT their drivers at risk.If I had the feeling the car was unsafe -I would retire the car on the spot.
And so should Newey.
You just don´t stand at the pitwall as a seasoned chief technical officer and bite your nails HOPING all will turn out fine .Ask X about his idea about that..very weak and useless.
Of course you go out and want to win .But just because it panned out as it did does not say it was a good or well calculated decision as you don´t know how close to disaster they were.A blow out in Eau rouge would have been a zero points finish ..at the very best.I thought RedBull had a special risk management guy on board? Oh ,rememeber he left the team going to Ferarri last year..