Originally Posted by ACU:
“I really cant believe you still believe Merc didnt gain an advantage. For a minute I have to do a double take, as I thought it was Fora that posted this. Its the kind of drivel he comes out with. To be honest I did expect someone to make this comment once Merc had a bad race, I just didnt think it would be coming from you.
The reason why Merc didnt do well in this race, was more than likely to do with Pirelli changing the tyres. I would be interested to know if these tyres were used during the test - I doubt it though. Hence explains a drop in Mercs form.
They have one 'bad' race, and that proves that they gained no advantage. Yet the three races where they performed better than at any stage of the season so far, means nothing. Dont quite get your logic there.”
Seems pretty obvious to me.
We know they did badly at the start of the season, in hot climates.
Monaco was a farce and Britain was undeniably much colder.
Personally, I think suggesting that it's only gone away from them again because the tyres are different is the sort of rubbish FF would come out with.
The car overheated it's tyres in hot weather at the start of the season and it's still doing it now.
You don't have to be a genius to see that happening.
Apply Occam's razor.
Theory 1: The car is similar to what it was at the start of the season and the performance varies depending on temperature.
Theory 2: The car overheated tyres in hot temperatures at the start of the season, Merc' altered the car as a result of testing and improved it enough that it became the best car on the grid, Pirelli changed the tyres again and the changes they made somehow negated all the performance Merc' had gained while, at the same time, not having the same effect on other teams.
Theory 2 simply makes no sense.
If Merc'
did change the car as a result of the testing then they would, presumably, have taken it in the same direction as other teams and, apparently, surpassed them.
And yet we're supposed to accept that when Pirelli change the tyres again it has an apparently huge effect on Merc' while not affecting the other teams to the same extent?
And, at the same time, you've got teams like Lotus and FI who were good at the start of the season, on the old tyres, in hot weather, did poorly in cold climates and then, on the new tyres, are doing well in hot climates again.
Are we really to believe that all this stuff happened independently, and by pure coincidence, just so that we can say that Merc had, basically, one good race at Silverstone?
Nah.
The simple explanation is the most likely one, regardless of how badly some people might want Merc' to have cheated.
I'd suggest the rest of the season will continue to bear this out.