*** Winter Testing #2 - Barcelona ***

[andyps]

hora said:

http://www.mclaren.com/formula1/inside-the-mtc/fur...

Why is a young, fit man being kept in?

Edited by hora on Monday 23 February 15:36

Does seem odd compared to the immpacts they are regularly seen to walk away from. That is a fairly clear denial that there was a problem with Fernando though.

[coetzeeh]

andyps said:

hora said:

http://www.mclaren.com/formula1/inside-the-mtc/fur...

Why is a young, fit man being kept in?

Edited by hora on Monday 23 February 15:36

Does seem odd compared to the immpacts they are regularly seen to walk away from. That is a fairly clear denial that there was a problem with Fernando though.

Apparently to ensure that the effects of the sedation he was given is fully neutralised according to the medics.

[anonymous-user]

HarryFlatters said:

revrange said:

I think it might be bigger.

Ted suggested in his Notebook program the other day that he, and a lot of the paddock, suspect that the Merc has been brimmed with fuel during all of the testing completed thus far.

Would have thought that was clear from the runs they have been doing?

[vonuber]

So another Mercedes whitewash of a season? Ho hum.

[anonymous-user]

vonuber said:

So another Mercedes whitewash of a season? Ho hum.

Looks like it, but they're not too blame. Some of the big spending teams have looked poor value for money over the past year or so. Ferrari, RBR, McLaren, to name but three.

[RichB]

REALIST123 said:

vonuber said:

So another Mercedes whitewash of a season? Ho hum.

Looks like it, but they're not too blame. Some of the big spending teams have looked poor value for money over the past year or so. Ferrari, RBR, McLaren, to name but three.

No1 they're not to blame and No2 at least, unlike during Red Bull and Ferrari's years of domination, we will see two cars racing!

[HarryFlatters]

REALIST123 said:

HarryFlatters said:

revrange said:

I think it might be bigger.

Ted suggested in his Notebook program the other day that he, and a lot of the paddock, suspect that the Merc has been brimmed with fuel during all of the testing completed thus far.

Would have thought that was clear from the runs they have been doing?

Ted explained that the pace of Pascal Wehrlein in the FI compared to his pace in the Mercedes was telling. I can't remember his exact form of words, but it made sense at the time

[oyster]

hora said:

What's wrong with Merc? Red bull had four years. Nowhere near that is it

The difference is that during Red Bull's 4 title years they only had 2 periods of domination (all of 2011 and 2nd half of 2013).

And I seem to recall one year that MS took a title by just a few points from Kimi in the McLaren (2003).

[FourWheelDrift]

Nothing like Ferrari's (Schumacher's) dominance of the 2000-2004 seasons yet.

[lbc]

vonuber said:

So another Mercedes whitewash of a season? Ho hum.

Hamilton needs 2 more to match Vettel.

[anonymous-user]

HarryFlatters said:

Ted explained that the pace of Pascal Wehrlein in the FI compared to his pace in the Mercedes was telling. I can't remember his exact form of words, but it made sense at the time

Nothing Ted says during testing makes any sense!

[DanielSan]

jsf said:

Nothing Ted says during testing makes any sense!

It does, once you work out Ted logic