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[bud]

This is really getting places isn't it bud

its killing boredom

[texasmr2]

IF any team was to be inspected McLaren would be the logical choice because of this big leap forward. Everyone is shocked at the performance gap so suddenly, so naturally it raises questions. All valid because of the engine freeze rule.

That make's sense to me also.

why wasnt there an IF to be an inspection after Ferrari won 3 in a row?

Possibly because those three race's were not won by the same driver or in such a dominating fashion? It could very well be another case of MM and the FIA having a go at McLaren I dont know but I am also alittle suspicious.

[McLaren Fan]

It could very well be another case of MM and the FIA having a go at McLaren I dont know but I am also alittle suspicious.

Thankfully, one of the tifosi sees sense. I actually agree with Mike that if an inspection was to be carried out on an engine, McLaren's would be the one which you check first. But that is not the point. The point is that the this inspection is meant to be completely at random, but conveniently, when McLaren improve a little bit, their car is the first one to be inspected, and, not only that, it's Hamilton's McLaren. I don't believe they will find anything wrong with the engine anyway. Most of McLaren's improvements have come a lot of new aerodynamic pieces and, I suspect, some tweaking with the rear suspension to improve the car's once poor traction.

[darwin dali]

Next thing we'll hear from the McLaren fan camp is: are the FIA going to sabotage LH's engine during the inspection? Pour some sugar into it or somtin'?
And then all the spy photos with direct link to Ferrari's computer that will be taken during the scrutineering...

[texasmr2]

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[Mikep99]

It could very well be another case of MM and the FIA having a go at McLaren I dont know but I am also alittle suspicious.

Thankfully, one of the tifosi sees sense. I actually agree with Mike that if an inspection was to be carried out on an engine, McLaren's would be the one which you check first. But that is not the point. The point is that the this inspection is meant to be completely at random, but conveniently, when McLaren improve a little bit, their car is the first one to be inspected, and, not only that, it's Hamilton's McLaren. I don't believe they will find anything wrong with the engine anyway. Most of McLaren's improvements have come a lot of new aerodynamic pieces and, I suspect, some tweaking with the rear suspension to improve the car's once poor traction.

I look at the most logical answers first. Of coarse there could be others as well but McLaren being inspected is not a surprise to me because of the circumstances.

Back to Ben Johnson.
Yeh it also may have been a possibility that he was tested only because there was a Nazi in the officials camp who was still pissed off that Jesse Owens rained on the Führer's parade at the Berlin Olympics in 1936. Clicky

But we all know the logical answer & really what my point was.

[bud]

IF any team was to be inspected McLaren would be the logical choice because of this big leap forward. Everyone is shocked at the performance gap so suddenly, so naturally it raises questions. All valid because of the engine freeze rule.

That make's sense to me also.

McLarens been fast in the speed traps ALL season long you make more gains in corners entry, mid, exit, braking, traction etc than just HP down the straights

why wasnt there an IF to be an inspection after Ferrari won 3 in a row?

Possibly because those three race's were not won by the same driver or in such a dominating fashion? It could very well be another case of MM and the FIA having a go at McLaren I dont know but I am also alittle suspicious.

Lewis and McLaren has won 2 in a row while Ferrari won 3 in a row and i thought they were testing teams engines not teams drivers...

to me there is nothing random about the McLaren Mercedes being the first engine to be probed! i bet there wont be any others this season either!

[McLaren Fan]

I'll say what I said before. A lot of what Mike says is correct. Logically, Ferrari should have been inspected earlier, but McLaren would be the team you would most interested in checking around about now. Both of those, however, contradict that the point that the test is meant to be at random. If the inspection was not chosen at random in an attempt to examine McLaren's gain in performance, then the FIA would be victimising McLaren.

[bud]

yes random ultimately means you pull a name out of a hat, what Mike is saying is they should pick the current pace setter.
By picking the current pace setter means youre choosing by selection which is not random at all. that goes against the FIA's comment that this is a random inspection

[texasmr2]

yes random ultimately means you pull a name out of a hat, what Mike is saying is they should pick the current pace setter.
By picking the current pace setter means youre choosing by selection which is not random at all. that goes against the FIA's comment that this is a random inspection

bud I think you have hit the nail on the head , this post pretty much sum's everything up imo. Has anyone read the FIA rule completely through and if so is 'random' adhered to strictly or is there some underlying wording about inspecting an engine that may seem to have a very noticeable advantage?

[Malibu327]

but conveniently, when McLaren improve a little bit

2 to 3 seconds per lap above everybody else's race pace is not "a little bit"...

... but you're right, it's not random.

We are, however, talking about a team that had all of it's points stripped from it for breaking the law last year... I think the same management was involved at that time.

[darwin dali]

but conveniently, when McLaren improve a little bit

2 to 3 seconds per lap above everybody else's race pace is not "a little bit"...

... but you're right, it's not random.

We are, however, talking about a team that had all of it's points stripped from it for breaking the law last year... I think the same management was involved at that time.

Yes, McCheater's cars should be inspected every other race.

[bud]

but conveniently, when McLaren improve a little bit

2 to 3 seconds per lap above everybody else's race pace is not "a little bit"...

... but you're right, it's not random.

We are, however, talking about a team that had all of it's points stripped from it for breaking the law last year... I think the same management was involved at that time.

2-3 seconds per lap?? I wish

and yeah youre right about the last paragraph, the same management is still there, although he is lucky after his nazi umpalumpa scandal

[Malibu327]

I was referring to Ron Dennis.

[texasmr2]

I was referring to Ron Dennis.

Yah I also realized that.