Re: Formula 1 - Silly Season, 2017 Quote:
Originally Posted by rohitoasis Paddy Lowe technical director at Mercedes Formula 1 team and a crucial part in the last few successful seasons for Mercedes bids Adieu to the team.
He was the head of research and development for McLaren during Mika Hakkinen’s two championships of 1998 and 1999 and was the engineering director for the team when Lewis Hamilton took his first title in 2008. He moved to Mercedes in 2013 as technical director and has overseen the dominance of their cars during the hybrid era.
It is understood he would be moving to the Williams F1 team.
No replacement has been announced currently.
New driver, new rules and a technical director leaving. Would Mercedes be able to continue their current dominance for another year. We will have to wait and see. |
Mercedes should be OK.
2017 car is almost ready and the advantage they enjoy with the PU is so much that it would be a shocker if they are not at the sharp end of the field.
Even the suspension tech. clarification from FIA based on Ferrari query will not affect them much, at-least they would like everyone to think so. Quote:
Originally Posted by frostbite911 Renault has announced Frederic Vasseur has stepped down from his role as team principal on the eve of the 2017 season. - Source ESPN F1
Really sad news, especially 6 weeks before testing starts. I really hope this won't affect the team which will indirectly affect Nico Hulkenburg. The guy really needs and deserves a winning car along with some good luck. |
This is seen by many as a sign of basic underlying problems within the team.
Vasseur generally keeps away from any messy affairs.
Vasseur told Motorsport.com. Quote:
"There was too much different vision in the management of the team, so at this stage it makes sense for me to leave,"
"If you want to perform in F1, you need to have one leader in the team and one single way.
"If you have two different visions then the result is that the work inside the team is slow."
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Hopefully atleast the PU for 2017 is sorted out, for RBR to challenge at front.
Both Renault and Honda are expected to come up with heavily revised PUs for 2017. And as usual, the expectations are high if all goes well
Hesegawa said this in his interview to Japanese press: Quote:
compared to 2016 where we didnt know what to do and had no idea what we should do, now at least we believe it will be quite competitive if what we are trying to make now can be completed, so the rest is about whether we can make it in time or not.
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Last edited by jfxavier : 12th January 2017 at 10:15.
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