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Arthur Doyle70 said:My colleague hit the nail right on the head with everything he just said...😉
Anyway, the regulations allow Renault to make those updates... and if my memory serves me right, they’ve actually gone ahead and done it. 🤷Honestly, if you look at the situation objectively, Mercedes really should have done more to "reign in" that supposedly superior engine...
Honestly, the entire Paddock is buzzing with this idea that Mercedes currently has the top-tier engine, and frankly, I just don't get it; it feels like everyone has lost their minds and simply doesn't understand how any of this actually works.🤷 Even Ferrari was struggling with overheating issues during the race, which actually forced them to tell Mass to dial back the intensity a bit, all while they were dealing with those engine modifications.
I honestly feel like every single year you come back to this exact same point, preaching about how Renault is eventually going to beef up their engine enough to sit right alongside Mercedes, but let’s call a spade a spade here—isn't that just a roundabout way of admitting that the Mercedes power unit is objectively superior?😉
Adrian Newey’s design philosophy—especially when you factor in Kimijev's contributions—has essentially torched more engines than Newey, Vettel, and Webber could ever hope to burn combined.🤣🤣
By the way... does anyone else remember that absolute circus involving all that smoke coming off Webber's car? It was like they had some kind of ridiculous smoke machine built right into the chassis just to make sure the driver behind couldn't see a single thing in front of him.😬
How on earth could I possibly know? Truth be told, I don't know either, and if I'm being completely honest, I’m mostly just throwing darts at a board here. It seems like everyone is talking in nothing but conditionals lately—all this "what if" and "could be" nonsense—just whispering quietly among themselves instead of actually saying anything meaningful. Hush, hush, indeed.
Who exactly is giving you the impression that Renault is being granted permission to make these modifications? You’re speaking with such absolute certainty, as if you have some kind of inside track on the regulations, which is quite a bold stance to take.
There you go with the Adrian Newey talk again... you really have to learn how to read between the lines here, if you ask me.
So, according to this text, Red Bull has just gone ahead and asked the FIA to let Renault make some changes.
Even though there was supposed to be a complete freeze on engine development under those regulations, it’s becoming increasingly obvious that Mercedes worked incredibly hard on their V8 power unit behind the scenes. It seems they just couldn't help themselves, pushing the limits of what was allowed while everyone else was playing by the rules.
That is the opinion of Adrian Newey, which comes at a time when rumors are swirling that his F1 employer Red Bull has asked the FIA to step in and help Renault catch up with the sport's best engine.
The designer behind the RB6 was quoted in the Observer making a rather pointed observation regarding the disparity in development cycles, essentially arguing that while Mercedes pushed the envelope aggressively during what was supposed to be a period of engine freezes, other teams—Renault in particular—played strictly by the rules, maintaining their integrity by sticking to the cost-cutting mandate and refusing to pursue further development once the freeze was in place.
Adrian Newey suggested that everything would align perfectly if Renault could actually manage to catch up with the sport's best engine.The bottom line remains exactly what I’ve been saying all along: they simply have to bring that engine up to scratch if they want to stand a chance.
It’s honestly a bit rich for Red Bull to be sitting there acting all high and mighty about how much Mercedes has improved, especially when you consider the sheer hypocrisy of the situation; after all, the Milton Keynes crew was actually looking to jump ship and align themselves with the German manufacturer for the 2010 season.
"We performed an incredibly deep dive into the Cosworth engine situation as well, scrutinizing every single detail. Ultimately, despite our best efforts, Brawn and McLaren effectively shut the door on us securing a Mercedes power unit, which left us in a bit of a bind, but honestly, we found ourselves feeling quite content with the decision to stick with Renault in any case."Adrian Newey added,"
It wasn't even that long ago that some list was circulated claiming the power gap between the strongest and weakest engines on the grid was only about 15 horsepower...
Toyota was easily the weakest link in the bunch...
It feels like we’re being drowned in a massive flood of raw data, yet somehow, we're left starving for actual, meaningful information.
