One for the conspiracy theorists
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longblackcoat said:
Doink said:
Was the failure to NR's electronics part 2 of 6 of mercs punishment?
No. Staggering as it may seem, the car failed because the Mercedes just isn't that reliable. Virtually every race one or both of the cars have quite serious problems, and this was yet another one. Don't encourage them, they believe in all this claptrap enough as it is.
The "foreign substance" is used during their servicing, so I expect its contact cleaner or a grease or something, someone got careless, just as they did when assembling Lewis's brakes in Germany that caused the premature failure.
The "foreign substance" is used during their servicing, so I expect its contact cleaner or a grease or something, someone got careless, just as they did when assembling Lewis's brakes in Germany that caused the premature failure.
Yeah the guy that nixed the steering wheel also trashed Lewis's spark plug in Australia, caused the engine to blow up in Hungary, wrecked the brakes in Germany and damaged the brakes on both cars in Canada. He did it all on purpose so Lewis, wait, I mean Nico, hmm no maybe I mean Lewis could win the WDC.
From what I read the problem had been lurking there all weekend and only showed up at the start of the race. That in itself is a hell of a coincidence in timing is it not ?
Next you'll be telling me Lord Lucan and Jimmy Hoffa have been found in a back room at Brackley.
From what I read the problem had been lurking there all weekend and only showed up at the start of the race. That in itself is a hell of a coincidence in timing is it not ?
Next you'll be telling me Lord Lucan and Jimmy Hoffa have been found in a back room at Brackley.
Doink said:
Careless on purpose or genuine mistake that's the question?
Other than the drivers no one in the team cares who wins as long as they win the constructors' championship. Their bonuses, meagre as they are in comparison with the drivers rewards, are paid on winning the WCC. Why would anyone wish to reduce the chances of a car scoring well, regardless of who is driving it?
No team would dream of sabotaging its own car. You never know how the race will turn out. What happens if you sabotage car no.1 and car no.2 is taken out on a first corner crash?…There is no sinister force at play here. Of course there are team order at times, but always to maximize the team points or to win the championship.
REALIST123 said:
Other than the drivers no one in the team cares who wins as long as they win the constructors' championship. Their bonuses, meagre as they are in comparison with the drivers rewards, are paid on winning the WCC.
Why would anyone wish to reduce the chances of a car scoring well, regardless of who is driving it?
This all day long, no constructor will deliberately sabotage their own car's whilst the team championship is still not settled, they don't give a fug what driver out of the two wins the individual crown.Why would anyone wish to reduce the chances of a car scoring well, regardless of who is driving it?
RDMcG said:
What happens if you sabotage car no.1 and car no.2 is taken out on a first corner crash?…There is no sinister force at play here. Of course there are team order at times, but always to maximize the team points or to win the championship.
Simpler yet- what happens if you get found out! If I'm a mechanic I don't care how much I like or dislike driver nr 1 or 2, I'm not going to risk my job, and Career in F1 over it. At least until I get to Pat Symonds level. 
RDMcG said:
No team would dream of sabotaging its own car.
That's not quite right, is it.There has even been an instance where a team have ordered a driver to crash a car, and that only just came to light. Imagine what we've missed over the years.
That's not to say NR's car was sabotaged.
RDMcG said:
No team would dream of sabotaging its own car. You never know how the race will turn out. What happens if you sabotage car no.1 and car no.2 is taken out on a first corner crash?…There is no sinister force at play here. Of course there are team order at times, but always to maximize the team points or to win the championship.
This.Add to which that there are two championships -- one for drivers, one for manufacturers.
Being a manufacturer, you can pretty much take it for granted that Mercedes are interested, primarily, in the manufacturer's championship.
The drivers are just like spanners -- loose one, buy another.
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