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Put it this way Merc have finished in the points 85% of races whereas Ferrari 76% so their reliability is possibly nothing to write home about
You can't really use this stat to prove reliability when Raikkonen has failed to finish in the points on 5 occasions he has finished races this season, which is more down to him being slow than Ferrari being unreliable.
As you can see from the "retirements" table in the link below. Mercedes have had 5 "technical failures" (3 for Hamilton, 2 for Rosberg) in races this season while Ferrari have had 2 (both Alonso). In fact the best teams are McLaren, Force India and Williams who have all only had 1 technical failure each this season. Interestingly, this shows that Mercedes have had more technical retirements than all their customers combined.
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/statistics/2 ... penalties/
Put it this way Merc have finished in the points 85% of races whereas Ferrari 76% so their reliability is possibly nothing to write home about
You can't really use this stat to prove reliability when Raikkonen has failed to finish in the points on 5 occasions he has finished races this season, which is more down to him being slow than Ferrari being unreliable.
As you can see from the "retirements" table in the link below. Mercedes have had 5 "technical failures" (3 for Hamilton, 2 for Rosberg) in races this season while Ferrari have had 2 (both Alonso). In fact the best teams are McLaren, Force India and Williams who have all only had 1 technical failure each this season. Interestingly, this shows that Mercedes have had more technical retirements than all their customers combined.
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/statistics/2 ... penalties/
Yes...the 2014 World Champions should be ashamed of themselves.
Put it this way Merc have finished in the points 85% of races whereas Ferrari 76% so their reliability is possibly nothing to write home about
You can't really use this stat to prove reliability when Raikkonen has failed to finish in the points on 5 occasions he has finished races this season, which is more down to him being slow than Ferrari being unreliable.
As you can see from the "retirements" table in the link below. Mercedes have had 5 "technical failures" (3 for Hamilton, 2 for Rosberg) in races this season while Ferrari have had 2 (both Alonso). In fact the best teams are McLaren, Force India and Williams who have all only had 1 technical failure each this season. Interestingly, this shows that Mercedes have had more technical retirements than all their customers combined.
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/statistics/2 ... penalties/
Yes...the 2014 World Champions should be ashamed of themselves.
Mattiaci will get time, Ferrari aren't stupid. They gave Domenicalli 3 and a half years when in other sports (e.g. football) he could have been fired for his part in throwing both the 2008 (reliability issues and of course the pitstop in Singapore) and 2010 (Abu Dhabi strategy screw up) WDC's away. The important thing in 2015 and 2016 is Ferrari make progress and win the occasional race. If it wasn't for the brilliance of Alonso in 2012 and the first half of 2013 it would have been 4 consecutive years without a title challenge for Ferrari. For a team with the reputation and history of Ferrari that isnt good enough.I can see Ferrari actually improving probably. Who knows. We expect Mercs to be dominant again, we think Red Bull will do well and since Ricciardo has chased Vettel out of Red Bull and is number one of the team, he is capable of leading the team ahead. Who knows what will happen to Williams, will they go backwards like last year, forwards to win races or the same position? It's all up in the air.
Put it this way Merc have finished in the points 85% of races whereas Ferrari 76% so their reliability is possibly nothing to write home about
You can't really use this stat to prove reliability when Raikkonen has failed to finish in the points on 5 occasions he has finished races this season, which is more down to him being slow than Ferrari being unreliable.
As you can see from the "retirements" table in the link below. Mercedes have had 5 "technical failures" (3 for Hamilton, 2 for Rosberg) in races this season while Ferrari have had 2 (both Alonso). In fact the best teams are McLaren, Force India and Williams who have all only had 1 technical failure each this season. Interestingly, this shows that Mercedes have had more technical retirements than all their customers combined.
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/statistics/2 ... penalties/
Yes...the 2014 World Champions should be ashamed of themselves.
Certainly doesn't make me want to buy one of their roads cars if they are going to have brake failures, stop on the side of the road and spontaneously combust!
...Nicos ERS failing does however in a way validate the claim Merc would not allow Lewis to lose because of a Mercedes unreliability. With Nico the issue is masked by Lewis winning and no one qasks qwuestions as it would be bad form on a day like today...
Mattiaci will get time, Ferrari aren't stupid. They gave Domenicalli 3 and a half years ......
...Nicos ERS failing does however in a way validate the claim Merc would not allow Lewis to lose because of a Mercedes unreliability. With Nico the issue is masked by Lewis winning and no one qasks qwuestions as it would be bad form on a day like today...
But, you did ask, even if it was in a subversive manner.
So... what's your answer?
What if Hamilton had been the one with the issues that Rosberg had today?
Why shouldn't that be controversial for Mercedes? Or just because Hamilton
won it's ok that Rosberg had the mechanical / reliability issues?
...Nicos ERS failing does however in a way validate the claim Merc would not allow Lewis to lose because of a Mercedes unreliability. With Nico the issue is masked by Lewis winning and no one qasks qwuestions as it would be bad form on a day like today...
But, you did ask, even if it was in a subversive manner.
So... what's your answer?
What if Hamilton had been the one with the issues that Rosberg had today?
Why shouldn't that be controversial for Mercedes? Or just because Hamilton
won it's ok that Rosberg had the mechanical / reliability issues?
its not OK for anyone to have mechanical issues, Mercedes were absolutely clear about that. what they were also clear about, as was Nico, is that the mechanical issues made no difference to the outcome of the champiuonship because Lewis had got the job done by the first corner.
Had the mechanical issues occured on Lewis' car then they would have made a difference, because if Lewis had retired(or dropped right back) and Nico gone on to win, then the mechanical issue would have changed the outcome of the WDC.
...either way - just like I said, above in the OP, the best guy has won with no controversy for Daimler
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