zyphro wrote:I do think, some of us are being far too harsh.
The W03 has not gone backwards, it's gone forwards compared to last year. I believe the W03 is a quick car, but, several compromises are having to stall the car. Which is why the beastly qualifying from earlier in the season, is no longer apparent.
Nevertheless, the W03 was the quickest car in China and Monaco. When did us fans ever experience that with the W01/W02?
We didn't. The fact of the matter is: progress is progress. With the W04, Costa and Willis will be there from the start of its development, we shall see what they can muster up.
Time and patience, this project will prevail. I'm sure MS knows that.
i doubt even he thought it'd take 4 years.
what annoys me is that is clear that mercedes are sticking to that resource agreement that was conjured up... because (ironically) they are a car company who dont want to spend a bomb on racing, and want some payback for it.
(ironic because in the past it was usually the car giants who had all the money to spend).
i have read (though I dont know if its true) that both redbull and ferrari really don't give a damn about the resource agreement. So if its the case that merc are spending significantly less....well, they are going to yield worse results.
In which case....theres no hope - its always going to be like this.
i think next to the manufacturers points table, they should show the financials of each team - how much they've spent, year to date, every race. now that would REALLY be fascinating wouldn't it.
If F1 really considered itself a sport - it'd open up the books and make all this info transparent to everyone - the fact is money is the number 1 biggest aspect of the sport, and arguably the biggest factor in performance on the track - so surely it makes sense to reveal the financials?