• Mateoto@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    9
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    1 year ago

    The season’s nearly over, and they still haven’t grasped their car.

    At the start, seeing Mercedes struggle, I thought they’d recover and outdevelop their car, being Mercedes and all. Boy, was I wrong.

    • woelkchen@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      1 year ago

      At the start, seeing Mercedes struggle, I thought they’d recover

      They did. They’re P2 in the constructors, well ahead of both Aston and McLaren.

      • Sentau@feddit.de
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        arrow-down
        2
        ·
        1 year ago

        But they are P2 because of the inconsistency of others and not because of any car advantage. Infact I struggle to remember any race where merc were the 2nd fastest team.

        • woelkchen@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          6
          ·
          1 year ago

          But they are P2 because of the inconsistency of others and not because of any car advantage.

          You can’t be P2 overall with a car that’s all shit.

          • Sentau@feddit.de
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            2
            ·
            1 year ago

            And where did I say that having the 3rd fastest car on average means that the car is shit. I am just saying that they have not recovered any pace over the others. The gap to red bull is same as it was at the start of the season. In the first 8 races, Aston was consistently faster than them with Ferrari being faster or slower depending on the track. Now McLaren is faster than them with Ferrari being faster or slower depending on the track

              • Sentau@feddit.de
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                2
                ·
                edit-2
                1 year ago

                And I was talking in the context of the original comment in this thread which said that OP expected merc to outdevelop others and how that has not happened. You said that has happened(or atleast that merc recovered which considering the gaps to the other teams is more or less the same is not true) and that is why they are P2 and I disagreed with you. Hopefully we are on the same page now

            • soEZ@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              1
              ·
              1 year ago

              Agreed, if aston/mclaren is consistent next year merc looking at p3. Worst part is their upgrades have rarely resulted in consistent improvement, and it seems they still have no real clue on how to make a leap that gets them ahead.