- 07 Oct 14, 22:08#420002
There is evidence from Ross Brawns hints and statements that MS' dependency on the tyres from his era was a main factor in the development dead end Merc found themselves in. The car was a tyre muncher and Ross was happy to see MS leave as that meant the car development could go in a more open ended direction.
The evidence flys in the face of suggesting that the 2014 Merc had ANYTHING to do with MS' input in particular
On the other hand we have all the circumstantial evidence you can shake your rhythm stick at that the car took a huge leap following Lewis' arrival
2014 Monster 26x Bookie Mugger
2015, 2016 WDC: LH44
...The technical side has now overriden everything. In the last twenty years I can only think of two people who have made a constant and significant difference
across multiple teams, Newey and Brawn. You could probably add MS into the perfect storm of Ferrari domination but that was different era with different paramters.
Unless we're putting the Merc success down to him too. Nobody really talks about who made this Merc great, it just seemed to appear fully formed, like a freaky baby...
Why would it be so hard to believe that Schumi helped develop the car in his time at Mercedes?
Isn't that ironic? Hamilton has benefitted from Schumi's skill, experience and expertise!!
During his time at Merc they attempted to develop the car around him, and he improved, but there was none of that previous Schumacher sparkle.
You can't just plonk someone in a car, even MS, and tell them to work their magic again. Not that they didn't try, but there were quite a few people
who all contributed to Ferrari's success, and he was just a part of that.
He may have had input to the early design of this Merc but knowing he wasn't going to drive it, or that it wouldn't turn a wheel in anger when he
was there, i doubt there's much, if any, MS dna in it.
There is evidence from Ross Brawns hints and statements that MS' dependency on the tyres from his era was a main factor in the development dead end Merc found themselves in. The car was a tyre muncher and Ross was happy to see MS leave as that meant the car development could go in a more open ended direction.
The evidence flys in the face of suggesting that the 2014 Merc had ANYTHING to do with MS' input in particular
On the other hand we have all the circumstantial evidence you can shake your rhythm stick at that the car took a huge leap following Lewis' arrival
2014 Monster 26x Bookie Mugger
2015, 2016 WDC: LH44