Mr Brooksy wrote: ↑08 Aug 2017, 14:20
This whole situation with Daddy Stroll smells awfully like the typical big CEO finding that their company is not meeting company projections. They throw more cash at it expecting results and fast whereas the root cause is usually not money it's culture.
How the heck is Paddy Lowe (like him or not) supposed to change the culture of a prototype technology/racing car team that has been stagnant for the better part of a decade under various TDs in 7 months?
As a leadership consultant myself who operates in Asia (which is often said to be impervious to cultural change... Which it isn't) you can not expect to throw money at a cultural issue within a business and expect everything to fall into place especially in 7 months.
Add to that, F1 is ever changing, yet takes at least 1 year to change a cars design philosophy. How is even superman supposed to make changes to 500+ employees and technical culture in that time frame whilst running a team with a budget at least half of his previous teams?
Anyone with any experience in this field will tell you it takes at least 6 months if the stars are aligned and there are no major restrictions, changes and hurdles?
Add to that, a lot of resources have been poured into son Stroll which I'm sure could have been better utilised elsewhere.
I get the feeling that the Stroll family feel like they should just be able to pour money into a problem and then win that years WDC. That may work in a spec series, but that is a totally different unicorn to F1.
I'd be surprised to see much change until next year's car 'at the earliest'! Much to this fans frustration.
I don't know where this all is coming from, attacking the strolls.
first of all i have yet to see any real evidence they're looking elsewhere except for some tabloid talk made up on the spot out of nothing.
Then how on earth did you think they were thinking this would be the results?
They're pouring a lot - really a lot - of money in the team, and also for Stroll himself to achieve something.
Compared to not trashing money into something, you can and should expect some sort of results. That's normal, that's logic, that's pure mathematics.
Supposedly they are unhappy with the way Williams is heading - and they're d*mn right on that.
It's like their pace all of a sudden is completely gone.
If you've just poured millions into the team with the goal of improving and having a stable team to score points with, then something doesn't add up.
So what's the first place you go to? Sure the team principle, but in fact, the team TD is atleast just as much as a figure to confront in such a case. After all, it's a technical thing. And that man is Paddy Lowe.
And it really doesnt matter at all that he's there just 7 months. HE is the TD, HE is the adress point.
If i go to the grocery store and i discover one of the freezers is completely warm and hot, thus you can throw everything in there away, i confront the manager with that. HE is the one responsible. It doesn't matter if he just got there 3 days ago. He's in command, he needs to have the things in working order and condition. If i just paid for my deepfreezed groceries, i expect them to be deepfreezed.
What's the issue with defending the local manager then like he can't or shouldnt be adressed? There is a problem, it needs fixing. Nobody is personally attacking the manager, but the manager IS the adressing point. Whether he's there 10 years or whether he's there a day. That's how it works.
What is imho interesting about the supposed spat between Paddy Lowe and the Stroll camp is that there is mention of such, which is really bad publicity, really.
I mentioned i'm not impressed by Paddy Lowe before and i'm still not and i'm curious in what sense he could be responsible. Just like i'm convinced Ferrari's early year form is NOT thanks to Binotto but due to his predecessor.
And fact is, Ferrari - despite coming strong in Hungary - has been dropping back. I'm not saying Binotto now needs to get the boot, or that Lowe needs to be ditched , but somebody must be held accountable or responsible. That's the way it goes, so that it gets resolved.
And i'm 100% on the side of Strolls to say if they put in a gigantic amount of money and it's being trashed, that is unacceptable. There's only 1 camp where you can expect your money to go down an enless pit with no results and no thanks and that is Sauber.
This imho is pressure being put on the right place. If Lowe however then gets in a spat with them, that means he cracks under the pressure and that makes me wonder if he's really capable for the job, but let's not get ahead of ourselves.
But the facts are simple.
Many millions have been injected in Williams, and as of late, their performances have dropped to near rock bottom level, and another fact is that this is not acceptable and something should be done accordingly.
