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The Mercedes AMG F1 Team has announced a new partnership with leading helmet manufacturer Schuberth to become an Official Team Supplier for the 2015 onwards.
That's Bernies double championship bonus payments he's refering to i guess?Wolff said: “Yes. Winning the second championship is an important championship for us and we will continue to relentlessly develop the current car.
Hamilton didn't really do better after FRIC left. Nothing changed at all, in my opinion. Just before FRIC was banned, Hamilton had poor qualifying form, but performed far better than Nico in the races. He did have a lot of bad luck in this period. After FRIC was banned, Hamilton still had poor qualifying form, but excelled in the races, with Nico taking just one win. McLaren had FRIC while he was there, didn't appear to cause him any problems.Shrieker wrote:I think by now we know Nico is more involved with the technical intricacies and details. My opinion is that he benefited from the FRIC a lot more than Hamilton did. Ham is more of a seat of the pants driver and maybe FRIC was interfering with what he felt the car was doing. After it was removed last year Hamilton did better, and this season also. That's not a coincidence.
It was the brakes in 2013 and 2014 that Hamilton was not comfortable with. Wasn't really comfortable after testing. And glazed disks in a number of qualifyings.J0rd4n wrote:Hamilton didn't really do better after FRIC left. Nothing changed at all, in my opinion. Just before FRIC was banned, Hamilton had poor qualifying form, but performed far better than Nico in the races. He did have a lot of bad luck in this period. After FRIC was banned, Hamilton still had poor qualifying form, but excelled in the races, with Nico taking just one win. McLaren had FRIC while he was there, didn't appear to cause him any problems.Shrieker wrote:I think by now we know Nico is more involved with the technical intricacies and details. My opinion is that he benefited from the FRIC a lot more than Hamilton did. Ham is more of a seat of the pants driver and maybe FRIC was interfering with what he felt the car was doing. After it was removed last year Hamilton did better, and this season also. That's not a coincidence.
There could be many reasons for his qualifying woes last season, I don't think it was FRIC. Perhaps he lost direction with how to setup the car over one lap, because of all the messing around with brake materials they had.
That's loads of BS from Rosberg and from a lot of people throughout last year, who said Lewis had a race oriented setup. Lewis simply struggled in qualifying last year for various reasons, including his own mistakes. If you can understand it is difficult to overtake this year, what stops Rosberg to understand the same? Would it take this long to understand that, whereas the whole world started knowing this after few races? I questioned back then too, if Lewis preferred Race set up last year, how the hell did he got those poles in Monza, Sochi and Singapore and still won them. Nico is just giving excuses for his poor overall form. If he indeed has been having Race setup, why does he not go for the kill in races instead of falling back? As much as 20 seconds in Monaco, which clearly proves his BS.MercedesAMGSpy wrote:A lot of times Rosberg admitted he focuses on race pace rather than qualifying, that's it always a compromise and that's the reason his qualifying form is weaker. Problem is, it's harder to overtake cars than last year with the new nose regulations. After losing the quali battle so many times this season, you would expect him to change his strategy and switch focus to qualifying, but not a sign of that yet.
It's just clear that when everything is going right, Lewis is straight up unbeatable. Last year there were problems regarding reliability, brainfart moments, bad luck and bad judgement calls. This season he's simply in a league of his own, bar strategic team cockups like in Monaco. I don't think difficult to overtake is an excuse. Max Verstappen has proved it's doable and he's in an under-powered car as well.GPR-A wrote: That's loads of BS from Rosberg and from a lot of people throughout last year, who said Lewis had a race oriented setup. Lewis simply struggled in qualifying last year for various reasons, including his own mistakes. If you can understand it is difficult to overtake this year, what stops Rosberg to understand the same? Would it take this long to understand that, whereas the whole world started knowing this after few races? I questioned back then too, if Lewis preferred Race set up last year, how the hell did he got those poles in Monza, Sochi and Singapore and still won them. Nico is just giving excuses for his poor overall form. If he indeed has been having Race setup, why does he not go for the kill in races instead of falling back? As much as 20 seconds in Monaco, which clearly proves his BS.
However Verstappen will feel he needs to prove his worth to all teams on the grid. The can afford to go for ballsy moves that don't always pay off as it's his rookie season and I believe that both Verstappen and Sainz we're both signed on 2 year contracts(?) so he litterally has nothing to lose.WaikeCU wrote:I don't think difficult to overtake is an excuse. Max Verstappen has proved it's doable and he's in an under-powered car as well.
"We are also proud of the brain fart in Monaco, otherwise you see, title fight would have been over and we have more such grand plans and hence this statement from our Chairman."Daimler and Mercedes boss Dr Dieter Zetsche has cautioned that it is too early to consider Lewis Hamilton as a shoe-in for the world championship, despite the Briton's healthy lead.
