Absolutely. Impossibly to judge from the sidelines with only a snippet of the total picture. But I do think, where there is smoke there is fire. Bit like with Ricci, at some stage you got to pull the trigger when you admit it isn’t working. I feel the same thing with JK.Farnborough wrote: ↑26 Sep 2023, 08:52I've no opinion to offer regarding character and management abilities within the team.
But, this chassis in it's mechanical layout seemed good right frommthe start, and closest in concept to the RB from the off. It didn't appear to have the overall performance its suspension layout suggested to be possible in my mind, obviously now corrected with what we can see in aero on these developments that have brought such pace to the whole performance.
Then that is management of a WHOLE team to bring these elements to the fore. Understanding where the various strengths lay, and how to bring those to prominence is fundamental to overall success.
Quite what has gone on with personal positions within the team we're not privi to. But the improvement is clear for all to see. Sometimes there's a "nearly" fit in personell, with shifts needed to capitalise on what is there, that's for a good manager to recognise and place to maximise the affect those ideas are focused on.
Probably wrong to demonise individual traits on a personal level, but acknowledge for whatever reason that it didn't quite fit together. That both the subtle and the dramatic influence these differences can make.
One thing for sure, judgement in such a unremitting performance demonstration as this, F1, is easy for people to make, but very difficult to quantify exactly the parts that are holding something back. It's a complex balance with only a time base to illustrate success or not.
He will have his niche within engineering but as TD it’s about empowering the whole team to make it more than the sum of its parts. We needed a change and I’m so glad it happened