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Seems like Vijay Mallya is already swallowing his arrogant words. During the launch of the new car he seemed quite optimistic, borderline arrogant, especially towards Renault
1. I didn't know it was arrogant to dream and you know dream the impossible sometimes? Being the underdog, trying to beat the big boys. Teams like McLaren, Williams etc wouldn't have been where they are today if they hadn't.Santozini wrote: ↑21 Mar 2017, 14:46https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/forc ... ch-882630/
Seems like Vijay Mallya is already swallowing his arrogant words. During the launch of the new car he seemed quite optimistic, borderline arrogant, especially towards Renault
I'm sorry, i couldn't resistIamLegend wrote: ↑21 Mar 2017, 15:211. I didn't know it was arrogant to dream and you know dream the impossible sometimes? Being the underdog, trying to beat the big boys. Teams like McLaren, Williams etc wouldn't have been where they are today if they hadn't.Santozini wrote: ↑21 Mar 2017, 14:46https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/forc ... ch-882630/
Seems like Vijay Mallya is already swallowing his arrogant words. During the launch of the new car he seemed quite optimistic, borderline arrogant, especially towards Renault
Don't resist, but also read my reply completely please. Pasting Point #2 again if you missed it.Santozini wrote: ↑21 Mar 2017, 15:29I'm sorry, i couldn't resistIamLegend wrote: ↑21 Mar 2017, 15:211. I didn't know it was arrogant to dream and you know dream the impossible sometimes? Being the underdog, trying to beat the big boys. Teams like McLaren, Williams etc wouldn't have been where they are today if they hadn't.Santozini wrote: ↑21 Mar 2017, 14:46https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/forc ... ch-882630/
Seems like Vijay Mallya is already swallowing his arrogant words. During the launch of the new car he seemed quite optimistic, borderline arrogant, especially towards Renault
Back on topic, i agree with you in some point, still think Vijay Mallya was arrogant during the launch speech, not Bob Fernley, he is being reasonable.
Do you have a link of this first dig? I haven't seen it. You might be rightIamLegend wrote: ↑21 Mar 2017, 15:31Don't resist, but also read my reply completely please. Pasting Point #2 again if you missed it.
2. Renault's Head or some other big wig was first to take a dig at SFi, so it's perfectly fine to respond or reciprocate and call them on their BS.
Here you go: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/128203Santozini wrote: ↑21 Mar 2017, 15:33Do you have a link of this first dig? I haven't seen it. You might be right
That's far from taking a dig, that's being realistic. With the change in regulations aero and token wise it is undeniable that the big teams with bigger budgets will come on top...IamLegend wrote: ↑21 Mar 2017, 15:38Here you go: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/128203
So Renault is aiming to finish 5th this year in the constructors but is challenging a team that finished 4th in the constructors last year?Santozini wrote: ↑21 Mar 2017, 16:03That's far from taking a dig, that's being realistic. With the change in regulations aero and token wise it is undeniable that the big teams with bigger budgets will come on top...IamLegend wrote: ↑21 Mar 2017, 15:38Here you go: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/128203
The idea to have such a low tire degradation was to make the on track action more interesting, that way the driver isn't driving conservatively to save the tires like last year. They expect them to go flat out, but here's the caveat. With the aero regulations this year having low and wider wings, you're so dependent on downforce and if you're following a car to overtake it guess what, you're not going to have that advantage with DRS or otherwise because you won't have the grip that you expected. So I'm going to say there's going to be a lot less overtaking than last year, but that doesn't mean it'll be boring. You'll still see drivers pushing the lead car to make a mistake and take the advantage on track that way.Mattchu wrote: ↑21 Mar 2017, 16:29I must admit i`m slightly worried for Sahara Force India this year due to one change ... the tyres! Last year I felt the ability to eek out that little bit extra from fragile tyres while still going at a decent pace was (imo) a great advantage. They also had 2 very experienced drivers in Checo+Hulk who could manage whatever situation was given. Many times we`d see Red Bull, Torro Rosso and especially Williams (which seemed a right tyre chewer) peel of into the pits several laps before the SFI and then end up behind, plus with the grunt from the Merc engine it would be difficult to pass.
This year the tyres look a lot more durable and don`t seem to drop like they did in previous years so this advantage (which i also thought Mercedes had) may now be gone altogether or at least minimized.
I`m hoping the car still has a decent race pace about it and if they can qualify slightly better it may be fine, the fact it has that Mercedes engine is a huge plus point.
They seem like a great team, you rarely hear them whinging, they just get on with it and must be doing something right as there seems more sponsors on the car than any other...