More bad news for McLaren...

[stew-S160]

First paragraph spells doom for McLaren-

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/100902

[Tyre Smoke]

Blimey!

That would turn McLaren into Marussia in a season or two!

[Life Saab Itch]

stew-S160 said:

First paragraph spells doom for McLaren-

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/100902

Agreed.

[TheHeretic]

Come back Ron... The !cLaren situation sees, to be affecting both drivers. It can't be a coincidence that Williams fortunes are on the rise, and McLaren seems to be having issues.

Maybe it isn't Michaels, maybe it is something else? But is does seem to be an awful coincidence.

[davepoth]

Doesn't matter how many 2.6 second pitstops you do if one of them ends up taking twenty...

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davepoth said:

Doesn't matter how many 2.6 second pitstops you do if one of them ends up taking twenty...

Yet according to Whitmarsh, neither he or Micheals are thinking about them...

[R500POP]

FFS, my reason for leaving Williams in 2005 was I could see where Sam was taking the team. please don't let him do for McLaren too.

[RenesisEvo]

Autosport said:

...with the pit crew having almost made big progress in improving its performance..

such a terrible sentence, does anyone proof-read these articles?

[R500POP]

RenesisEvo said:

such a terrible sentence, does anyone proof-read these articles?

It's a true sentance. They have ALMOST made big improvements....as in they have made no improvement!!

[dtrump]

RenesisEvo said:

such a terrible sentence, does anyone proof-read these articles?

I read that twice before I decided that it was just me having a stupid/dyslexia moment

[andygo]

R500POP said:

FFS, my reason for leaving Williams in 2005 was I could see where Sam was taking the team. please don't let him do for McLaren too.

Where was he taking Williams? Is he not a good chap?

[R500POP]

andygo said:

Where was he taking Williams? Is he not a good chap?

He was OK, nice guy to work with. But not TD material IMHO.

[Jasandjules]

davepoth said:

Doesn't matter how many 2.6 second pitstops you do if one of them ends up taking twenty...

If every second pitstop results in a f**k up of some kind or other.....

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R500POP said:

He was OK, nice guy to work with. But not TD material IMHO.

Not good when backed in to a corner, or results on track weren't what was predicted in the wind-tunnel.



"Don't panic Mr Mainwaring..."

[Silent1]

It doesn't help that he is one ugly MoFo either, as for him taking over i can't see that, also that's one hell of a blow to anyone else below whitmarsh in to say no-one else is competent enough to take over, coup d'etat time!!

[Chris Sideways]

dtrump said:

RenesisEvo said:

such a terrible sentence, does anyone proof-read these articles?

I read that twice before I decided that it was just me having a stupid/dyslexia moment

Hee Hee me to thought it was just me being thick or reading it to fast

[MrKipling43]

Good god. The idea of Sam Michael taking over McLaren makes me feel a bit squiffy.

How on earth does that man keep getting jobs in F1. What does he have, and who does he have it on?!

[Life Saab Itch]

Silent1 said:

It doesn't help that he is one ugly MoFo either, as for him taking over i can't see that, also that's one hell of a blow to anyone else below whitmarsh in to say no-one else is competent enough to take over, coup d'etat time!!

That's not quite what was said...

Martin Whitmarsh said:

"He is someone who is, I am sure, harbouring expectations to kick me out of my job one day. And I think that is healthy because there probably wasn't anyone in the company, below me at least, who wanted my job. So I think that is a healthy dynamic."

I'm not saying it's any better, but it's not the "fk you" to the staff that you saw it as...

[davepoth]

andygo said:

Where was he taking Williams? Is he not a good chap?

Into bankruptcy. Reading around a little, it doesn't seem entirely unrelated that after a year of not having him involved with the team, Williams are doing much better.

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davepoth said:

Into bankruptcy. Reading around a little, it doesn't seem entirely unrelated that after a year of not having him involved with the team, Williams are doing much better.

And McLaren all of a sudden, err, aren't.