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Would the W05 be winning with a different engine?

Started by hollowstar , Aug 09 2014 20:09

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Poll: Would the W05 be winning with a different engine? (142 member(s) have cast votes)

Would the W05 be winning with a different engine?

Yes, they would be dominating the same way. It wouldn't change anything. (13 votes [9.15%])
Percentage of vote: 9.15%
They would still be taking some wins, but other teams would get a bigger share. It would be a much tighter championship. (99 votes [69.72%])
Percentage of vote: 69.72%
No, or maybe one or two wins like in 2013. (15 votes [10.56%])
Percentage of vote: 10.56%
No way. This is BAR, remember? (2 votes [1.41%])
Percentage of vote: 1.41%
No idea / it's impossible to say. (13 votes [9.15%])
Percentage of vote: 9.15%

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#51 Clatter

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Posted 12 August 2014 - 10:31

Not according to Jonathan Neale it's not. He has basically said that they don't have access to all the info they need because of the Honda situation.

http://www.bbc.co.uk...rmula1/22557357

Pre-season he said it won't be a problem.

I have no doubts that they won't get as much help to get the absolute best out of the engine, but it will not be a huge loss of performance and does not account for their poor showing. I'll repeat what I said before, the car is the problem not the engine.

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#52 TomNokoe

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Posted 12 August 2014 - 12:54

Can anybody explain the idea behind the tyres helping Mercedes? Many times it has been Lewis who has kept ahold of his tyres better than any other driver and car in the field. There's been plenty of 2 stops this year as well, which indicates at least a moderate amount of wear.

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#53 Kraken

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Posted 12 August 2014 - 13:49

http://www.bbc.co.uk...rmula1/22557357

Pre-season he said it won't be a problem.

I have no doubts that they won't get as much help to get the absolute best out of the engine, but it will not be a huge loss of performance and does not account for their poor showing. I'll repeat what I said before, the car is the problem not the engine.

But now they're actually into the season and they've seen what's going on it's a different story.

There is an excellent article in this months Racecar Engineering which covers what it is wrong with the car. It includes the part from Neale I mentioned earlier and the broad conclusion is that that car is lacking downforce and, due to the Honda situation coupled with McLaren being the only Mercedes team to not be running Petronas fuels they probably don't have maps as good as the others so they could be losing power as well.

Anyway this is going right off topic as the thread is supposed to be about the Mercedes car.