- 04 Nov 13, 22:55#379464
Agreed. But this is what is really disturbing for a team with McLarens history. The TP tells us that Button who messed up quali, then crashed into another car resulting in zero points has done well for the team, while the junior who qualifies impressively and salvages points was disappointing. Jenson was unlucky to incur damage? And drove beautifully? by preserving tyres at the back?
This is mind boggling stuff. Bruce McLaren should be proud because Buttom finished 12th after crashing? And the kid who saved the blushes isn't beautiful because he only scored a couple of points?
This is bordering on criminality, I feel like calling the Feds to investigate the mediocrity that has high jacked this team
Had he been able to drive the first 44 laps on prime? He would have been amongst quick cars and would have had to actually drive and use the tyres you fricken gonad
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Standards, talk about standards. One guy is not happy with points, another is happy going up a Scotsman's bum and being all 'cozy' with it.
Agreed. But this is what is really disturbing for a team with McLarens history. The TP tells us that Button who messed up quali, then crashed into another car resulting in zero points has done well for the team, while the junior who qualifies impressively and salvages points was disappointing. Jenson was unlucky to incur damage? And drove beautifully? by preserving tyres at the back?
This is mind boggling stuff. Bruce McLaren should be proud because Buttom finished 12th after crashing? And the kid who saved the blushes isn't beautiful because he only scored a couple of points?
This is bordering on criminality, I feel like calling the Feds to investigate the mediocrity that has high jacked this team
Checo was unfortunate in that he spent a lot of the race stuck behind slower cars - and, although he showed his fighting spirit at the end by passing Adrian for ninth place, ultimately his was a disappointing result. Jenson was unlucky to incur front-wing damage at the start, as a result of contact with another car, triggering an unscheduled early pitstop. However, thereafter he did a truly brilliant job of tyre management, running the Prime for an extremely impressive 44 laps. Had that early mishap not occurred - and had he instead been able to drive the first 44 laps of the race on the prime - undoubtedly he'd have been able to finish very strongly and thereby score a decent number of world championship points. So that was a great pity, because as I say he drove beautifully and in my view a performance of that quality deserves to be rewarded with world championship points. But that's racing. From here we travel to Austin, where we hope that Formula 1 will once again put on a spectacular show in a market that's full of avid racing fans and is of course also crucial to most if not all of Vodafone McLaren Mercedes' many partners."
Had he been able to drive the first 44 laps on prime? He would have been amongst quick cars and would have had to actually drive and use the tyres you fricken gonad
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2015, 2016 WDC: LH44
This. Say button cant handle turbo lag, cant adapt to torque steer, just like he cant adapt to warming front tyres quickly. what do the team do then? Try change the power unit to suit buttons needs? change the front suspension to push rod to help him warm up quicker?