Mercedes AMG has announced it has signed two engineers from Red Bull Racing to strengthen the technical department following the departure of Ross Brawn as team principal.
So you think Formula1.com where talking to an impressionist?marcush. wrote:I don´t know why a Formula1.com online publication should be more valuable than a printed interview with the man himself.
Who cares what Haug did or did not get, that is just another attempt at invalidating this operation.marcush. wrote:I don´t want to have anyone sacked - I just believe in responsibilities and one should stand up for his doings .Respect for Haug .He realised and took his hat(and a suitcase filled with money ,I´d guess).
Maybe he will actually do some good?FoxHound wrote:Any way...Lauda appears to be trying to ruffle some feathers.
http://www.f1today.net/en/news/niki-lau ... day-plans?
- Driver x is run by 11 year olds
- No, he's going to beat everyone next year
- You're forgetting that on 23 March 1997 he cut the corner at Margate kart tack
- He's a dead donkey
- Mods ban this person he's flogging a dead donkey!
- Is he? How much? I once paid £3 2s 1d for a dead donkey back in 1923 when I was testing a gearbox with my friend Carl Benz.
I have more confidence in Elliot than Bigois.Hail22 wrote:http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/form ... 36101.html
Brawn looks to have hit it on the head once more, with the departure of Loic to Ferrari and a change of exhaust setups in order to "compete" with other teams seemed to hurt Mercedes.
Once more as I said back in February 2012, I hope as a Ferrari enthusiast but also as a Formula 1 "purist" that the might of the Silver Arrows can shine once more!
I'm glad the excuses are over. 
It's time for some decent results. 
dren wrote:Brawn's reasoning comes off as being sincere to me, but also expected. It's the same thing year after year. At least the W03 was initially somewhat quick. Let's hope the W04 is quick out of the gate. Then we'll see if they can keep up development. I expect dejavu this time next year though.
There are only two things constant in life: Brawn's year end excuse for under-performing and the locking of this thread.
This was always the case for Mercedes having their own team. I think most people expect the RRA to have some teeth, but as it transpires, was toothless and was always bound to be. But the point is, Mercedes hope it to would be more effective.Mercedes’ F1 team ownership adventure was predicated on the Resource Restriction Agreement being more effective
.According to Bild, Mercedes-Benz puts €60-80 million into the team annually, roughly half the €150m annual budget
I think we can all agree with the above.But the disappointment so far isn’t all down to budget; the technical team has not performed effectively to produced a consistent front-running car.
Again I think MOST people would agree this hampered Mercedes last year, particularly the second half.That said, they went through quite a few upheavals on the wind tunnel and other infrastructure projects last year, the team now has many state-of-the-art facilities
James Allen feels Mercedes are good at an operational level now. With all the changes in staff and equipment over the last 3 years, I would like to agree with him, but will wait and see what happens in the first 6-7 races before making final judgement as to what effect the changes have had.Above all, it needs its aerodynamics team to raise its game and design a more competitive car from the outset. Operationally Mercedes are at a good level, if they have the car to work with. If they can prove that, then perhaps a bigger budget will follow.
