taperoo2k wrote:turbof1 wrote:This reaks of just a pure speculation article.
Well, fits right with a speculation topic don't you think
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In all seriousness, it doesn't really sound thrustworthy to me either. You can say it's at best a calculated guess since it got confirmed the TC will be upgraded, but that's not a guarantee either it'll be unreliable.
Even if the TC is unreliable at first Honda can improve it as the season progresses with the aim of gathering data on it with 2017 in mind.
I'm expecting the MP4-31 will be faster than last year's car but reliability is the question mark. So it's fairly easy to speculate that it'll be fast but unreliable in the press aka educated guesswork no need for inside sources. Though unlikely you can't discount McLaren are playing journalists to build up a certain expectation only for them to smash it in testing and the first race for PR.
What I hope Honda gives McLaren is a reliable power unit so they can get on with perfecting the MP4-31 so they can iron out issues on the McLaren side of the equation i.e. PP works his magic and steps out of the shadow of Newey.
I know what you mean, and actually agree generally speaking. But you can´t assume any article in the press is just educated guessword, specially when they talk about detailed info.
Do you think saying turbine rpm will decrease from 120k to 100k rpm is guesswork? I can´t.
There must be some reality in this, or they wouldn´t speculate with detailed numbers.
IMO journalist try to get first hand info constantly, but obviously they can´t get it daily, so all those days they don´t get first hand info they need to speculate and write about "something may be truth but is just guesswork" as you said. But from time to time they really get first hand info.
Problem is distingishing the maybe 10% of articles with real info from the 90% wich is just BS. But to me, when they provide detailed info about specific parts, that must be real or very close to reality.... or at least what someone from the inside told him. If that insider was just trying to confuse his rivals with fake info is a different story, this is F1 after all
