As suggested by What's Burning?, this discussion shouldn't be in the Jules Bianchi thread,
so I moved it here, where it is more apropos!!
Hindsight is 20/20...
NO one could have foreseen the difference in power units.
This is Ferrari you're talking about, you're saying they built such a poor engine? This is Ferrari you're talking about, ENZO Ferrari... you're making excuses for his namesake making a poor engine when the engine IS what Ferrari is about? Okay.
Your comment boarders on the condescending!! But, I will humour you.
This was a year of new regulations that were in the pipeline for a number of years,
I realize that. I also recognize the fact that whilst Mercedes wasn't doing well ON
the track, during that time, they were able to focus on THIS year's power unit.
For all we know, they were using the previous seasons' races to test bits and pieces
for THIS year's power unit.
Did they plan better than Ferrari and Renault? SURE they did!! And, they have
Ross Brawn to thank for that. The same Ross Brawn who was at Ferrari during
their time of domination. The same Ross Brawn who is no longer at Mercedes
to make the calls that will stop the team from imploding during this title fight.
p.s. I am NOT making excuses for Ferrari, any more than Hamilton fans make
excuses for him when he doesn't run off into the sunset.
NO one seems to have foreseen the disadvantage of the freeze.
What disadvantage of the freeze? Doesn't a freeze mean that ALL TEAMS are prevented from developing their engine? Or are you saying that Ferrari is more affected by the freeze because their engine is the most defficient... if so, see above. Or I guess, in the Ferrari club, the opinion is that only Ferrari would gain on engine power, Mercedes and Renault would remain completely idle, since after all they're not as good at making engines as Ferrari.
Again, your tone boarders on condescension. Again, I will humour you.
YES all the teams are prevented from developing their engines. NO I am
NOT saying that Ferrari is more affected, regardless of where their engine
does or does not fall on the spectrum of the current grid. NOR would I
expect that the other engine makers would sit around twiddling their
thumbs, the way EVERYONE is doing this year!!
What I am saying is that the ONLY team who is benefitting from this freeze
is Mercedes. There is NO disputing that they got it right, and a big "whoopee"
for them; but, let's face it, if the shoe were on the other foot, this discussion
would be about how Ferrari was being favoured by the FIA. Of course, as it
stands, with no development that's OK with all the Hamilton fans, right? That
way he'll have an easier ride into the sunset holding up his WDC, eh?
At the end of the day, this is not going to be a the "well-deserved" championship,
we all know he is more than capable of, since his "real" competition has been
effectively stifled!
NO one anticipated that only one team would get it right.
Have you seen Cookie's signature? Or the comments quite a few of us were making on the Kimi hire back when it was announced? We saw it, I guess Ferrari didn't. Oh well, let's go back to badmouthing the rules Ferrari agreed to and even lobbied to change to further suit them, like going from a straightline 4 cylinder, to a V6 and delaying it for an additional year.
Yes, I did see his signature. And, to be honest, coincidences like that always happen, in life.
It was little more than wishful thinking that just happened to come true. As for putting Kimi
down, that's pretty much expected from a lot of people, so no prize for clairvoyance!!
Again, there was NO way to know just how detrimental to competition this freeze was really
going to be, otherwise I would hope this rule would never have been written and enacted.
At the end of the day, it has worked out for Hamilton/Mercedes fans and that's just how the
season is going to finish. With ONE team in contention for both titles.
Enjoy!!
So, NO, it's not question of whether someone else could have
done better!! It's a question of why Ferrari didn't do better!
Finally you put the blame where it belongs... not Renault, not Mercedes, not the FiA but Ferrari. I hope they put a better car on the grid next year cause another year of moping and blaming from their fans would be too much for me to stand.
No, you do NOT hope they are better, what you hope is that Mercedes
has started a period of domination to rival that of Ferrari. You might
like to put that into your signature, in the hopes that neither Ferrari
nor Renault will give Mercedes a run for their money, next year. Of
course, you will also want to hope the rule doesn't get thrown out.
One last comment, just as so many people who derided Schumi and his
domination in F1 and, to an extent, Vettel, claimed an asterisk should
be put on the years that they were successful, so should an asterisk be
used for this season, as a reminder that teams were not allowed to
continue developing their engines during the season.