sigh. u really aren't making this hard for me.
M'dear, ALL this "inside" info u're telling us, is a matter of
fact, public information. One can easily glean any of this info
from F1 news websites to F1 and autosports magazines.
This is just common sense. I could have told u this even if I
weren't an ardent F1 follower.
Your "information from the ferrari camp about them using the 248
V2 car in Imola? Old news, boy, old news. reported by a few sites
over a week ago.
MS loving the sport and wanting to drive beyond 06? old news too.
his decision to continue dependent on how this year(and San Marino)
turns out? Old news...
Yes M'dear I understand what tyres mean for a racing car more than
u ever will. So explain how come Williams on the same tyre could
have lead the same GP and might have netted a podium if it wasn't
for an engine failure. The point beyond me understanding the
effects the tyres have on a racing car, is whether YOU, m'dear boy,
understand the twin dynamics of dependence the tyres and the
chassis have on each other. If your car is unable to work the tyres
into their operating temperature range, is that the tyre's fault or
the car's fault? I don't see Honda blaming the tyres alone for
their not so sterling australian performance. The blamed an
inability to work enough temperature into the tyre, which means the
car takes some of the blame.
As for the other factor about the car's loss of speed in Oz, I wil
point out to u further down in my reply. It has to do with the
wings.
as for Schumacher. Yes hes a fast driver, but under pressure
historically he's always shown that he cracks on the race track.
And I think thats what happened in Australia. He started driving
off the circuit and then crashed, plain and simple. And he's often
cracked a lot while racing. Think back to the 2000-2004 period. For
races where he did not start on pole, how often did he actually win
a race by overtaking his opponents during a race? Never. He waits
till the pitstops and then bang in fast laps. Sure he's skilled,
wins the races, but it shows he can't overtake. And when it comes
to wheel to wheel fighting, I've seldom seen him win a battle. Yes
he is hungry for wins, yes he is quick and skilled but no, I do not
think he's a consumate racer overall. As for whether he is going to
retire, I don't think I could care less now that he's not
dominating anymore. In fact when he was dominating, I didn't want
him to retire. I wanted to see him beaten and thats what has
happened.
Ferrari sure has the super technology to do something alright.
That something is to CHEAT.
I will point out that, for the 1st 2 races, Ferrari had the flexi
wing, which they modified for Australia. According to Ferrari, the
wings were modified for "performance reasons"
if so, then they must have screwed their R&D up since that
"performance" was more like "backwards performance"
in the 1st 2 races, the flexi wings either allowed the tyres to get
up the their operational temperature quickly, or else they must
have made up for the deficit of the tyres not being within their
operating range. Either way, it had a positive performance effect
for the car. In race 2 this was shadowed by Ferrari's engine woes.
Come to australia, FIA must have told them secretly those wings are
NOT LEGAL, which as a result, Ferrari have had to modify them. To
maintain a public stand that they have not been found cheating,
they claims the wings were modified for "performance reasons". I
think the race itself has shown why those wings were really
modified.
So I guess if u wanna blame something, don't blame the tyres. Blame
Ferrari's inability to win without cheating when the going gets
tough. sure its up to them. Up to them to play outside of the
rules. Afterall, isn't life great when the FIA loves u? U get
caught cheating and the FIA just gives u a "please don't do that"
under the table. Not even a public rapping of its knuckles.
