"Aldo Costa has chosen to step back from his role as Engineering director at Mercedes to spend more time with his familiy in 2019. He will stay with the team as Technical Advisor. John Owen to step up in the engineering group."
Or, the guy might just want a break after having his nose to the grindstone for several years!
It could be, but I am saying in the context of how things are playing out at Mercedes. Luca was a fool to let Aldo go under pressure from Alonso and Ferrari have felt his absence for many years.
Geoff Willis - Director of Digital Engineering Transformation at Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport - Leader of Aerodynamics.garychopper wrote: ↑12 Jul 2018, 17:23It could be, but I am saying in the context of how things are playing out at Mercedes. Luca was a fool to let Aldo go under pressure from Alonso and Ferrari have felt his absence for many years.
Aldo IMHO, is responsible for a large part of Mercedes chassis over their dominating years.
Paddy was a good technical director in the sense that he worked and gelled well in the team, he wasn’t working on the actual car but was a guy who went along well with everyone.
When James Allison came in last year, he was in a way lucky, to inherit a car which was good from the get go. And I have a sneaking suspicion that he is trying to build ‘his’ team in Mercedes, Lorenzo Sassi etc and this is leading to tensions inside the team. With a strong competitor this year like Ferrari, they are feeling the heat and this is leading to even more pressure.
All speculation on my part of course but I think there is more to this Aldo family reunion than what meets the eye.
This is why I said what I said.
I'm personally fine with it all. I prefer it because it means the team now has stress to work with in order to solve the issues much better than if they were dominating and not fully committing to improving. You know what they say, necessity is the mother of invention.De Jokke wrote: ↑21 Jul 2018, 22:12Doesn't look good for Lewis or Merc atm, already down on points with the 2nd best car which also turns out to be less reliable…
(is this the same issue Bottas had during the Austrian gp, I think so)
A bit surprised merc missed the (Ferrari)trick with the engine there this season…
As Ferrari is matching or surpassing merc on development, I don't have much hope to be frankly or Merc has to turn it around with a monsterupdate, can't see it happening...
Hopefully tomorrow will spring a surprise in terms of outcome. Go team!
What's with the doom and gloom? Hamilton came from last to second at Silverstone two weeks ago, if he'd have been in Q3 today then he'd have been in the fight for pole.De Jokke wrote: ↑21 Jul 2018, 22:12Doesn't look good for Lewis or Merc atm, already down on points with the 2nd best car which also turns out to be less reliable…
(is this the same issue Bottas had during the Austrian gp, I think so)
A bit surprised merc missed the (Ferrari)trick with the engine there this season…
As Ferrari is matching or surpassing merc on development, I don't have much hope to be frankly or Merc has to turn it around with a monsterupdate, can't see it happening...
Hopefully tomorrow will spring a surprise in terms of outcome. Go team!
this!
reliability of small, even out developed parts (so more about quality control and procedures then design), has always been their weak point. For years it looks like a fight between the reliability of car (Mercedes) vs the reliability of driver (Vettel).
