I'm not trying to 'prove' anything. You start off with "has nothing to do with RBR and Ferrari at all", so discount them, how does the field look now? all just about there?Andi76 wrote: ↑28 Mar 2022, 20:32What are you trying to prove here? I don't get it....If Ferrari and Red Bull were not there or 0,5 sec. slower- all the Mercedes cars would still doing worse than last year, the Mercedes would be a car porpoising as hell and not be able to win a race...if there wouldn't have been Red Bull and Mercedes in 2020 and 2021, Ferrari would have been World Champion...is that what we are talking about? So Ferrari did a great job last year and in 2020? And all the Ferrari-Customers, too? Sorry but this argumentation is just something i can't follow at all.Big Tea wrote: ↑28 Mar 2022, 20:22Andi76 wrote: ↑28 Mar 2022, 19:25
Not really...if it would be that easy. And tt has nothing to do with RBR and Ferrari at all. No one can seriously deny that all the Mercedes Teams got worse and have serious problems. And all the "not Mercedes"-Teams got better and are doing good. And also if Ferrari and RBR would be just a couple % off the pace, it would not change the fact that all Mercedes Teams got worse and having big problems...also - if it would just be about "some developement"... there already was enough time or "some" developement. And even if it would be just some developement - the other teams are developing, too. And thats why you usually do not have a lot of change in the pecking order throughout a season. So - sorry if i say that, but its not as easy as you say. If would have been the same if you would have said in 2020&2021 Ferrari just needs some developement...
But you only know the Merc, and others, are not doing well because there are Ferrari and RBR to compare them with.
If they had not found the little extra there would be nothing to say what the 'level' should be. We were told anywhere from 5 to 10 seconds a lap slower than last year, and all cars are well above that.
A comparison, When Merc turned up with that engine well above the others, were the others all bad designs, or the merc a good one? Same with the Brawn, did everyone else have a crap car that year?