Thunders wrote:Didn't Renault chose the wrong Software for Seb in the Qualifying which led to a almost undrivable Car?
They said they picked the wrong software and fixed it for the race. After the second marussia failed, they had to do another lap before starting and Seb said he didn't have any power. The team said that was normal, however. But from
the start, it was indeed clear the car wasn't working properly. But was that really mechanical, like Hamilton's? Doubt it.
During the race, there's little one can do, though. So that was it. The car improving after some laps shows it indeed wasn't a mechanical/technical issue, but software related. It didn't do enough though.
They said the software problem was fixed, before the race start. yet, seb's redbull still wasn't functioning at all, well, during the race atleast.
But seb wasn't getting his *ss handed to him just during the race,
it was all weekend.
Now the statement seb was having problems during qualy is i think highly doubtfull. At such a critical moment in 2014, first race, just out of supposed problems, the main goal is to achieve points and perform. There is no room to risk 'playing around'.
If they wanted to play around with possible software setups, they would have done that during practice and come to an early conclusion whether it works or not. If it doesn't work, you don't risk it.
The key importance here is; Danny had no problems, Vettel constantly had. Well, that's what they're trying to make us believe. There are reasons to take Vettel's problems 'with a grain of salt'.
Danny's car showed it worked great. Perfectly one might say. SO there's your standard. That's the setting, that's the setup, that's the software you want or need to use, or atleast fall back upon if something doesn't work right.
Offcourse Danny's car is set-up to the driving style and preferences for Danny, but - i
t's better having to steer a car that has a setup you aren't used to, then not being able to drive at all because what they 'installed' on your car doesn't work at all.
RedBull isn't a new team for 2014, so they know this. Vettel knows this.
There is simply no way the reigning world champion nor the constructor is stubborngly continuing with something that doesnt work while they have a working solution driving at the very front.
IF it really was a software problem, or 'just a setting', then copy paste and vettel would have a working car like Danny's.
Furthermore, qualy proved the problem vettel was having initially, was vettel himself, and not the car.
Vettel didn't perform at all during qualy- BUT. During Q2, Vettel had the bad luck, even though others did too, to having to lift the trottle when raikkonen frontended the wall.
After that, he also made a mistake, and that cost him time. Vettel did have a working car handed to him, and it was clear
during Q2 that he had a working car. Vettel just couldn't do with the car what Dan did do with the car.
It's that simple.
Offcourse the image of a Reigning World Champion getting schooled by fresh Ricciardo is the last thing he could use, so blame it on something else. But we're not having that.
If Vettel had a faulty car due to software, it would have been fixed during qualy already. Vettel just couldn't get the car set up to his preferences and desires. It didn't work for him.
Meanwhile, it worked like a charm for Danny.
A frustrated Seb thus wanted something for the race that might 'fix' the problem, but it was a gamble whether it would work or not, and clearly, it didn't work - but it was too late to fix it. That's the software part right there. They gambled off and it didnt work. Had Seb used the software that did work, he would have been run over during the race by his teammate.
But there's no escape. Malaysia, we'll see the same. Danny is going to destroy vettel this year. It's heartbreaking his race was taken from him, but imho, he earned that race and he owned vettel. He'll do the same in Malaysia. Danny kept his head on his shoulders, clean and calm and cool, during his maiden F1 race with RedBull, whilst the reigning 4-time in a row world champion lost it and it was visible and hearable.
I don't believe for a single second there really was a problem with Vettel's car. Vettel underperformed, and they gambled with something that could backfire, and it did.
Apart from that - It's amazing RedBull is right there up the front row on the podium after the winter problems. Didn't expect that at all.
