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Oh dear his "race craft" is going to end up killing somebody soon :mad:
That move to block Fisichella, you just have to be completely stupid to pull such a move going 200 miles. And it was not the first time he did something like that, can he really compete in F1 without being dangerous?
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Sadly, Webbo seems to have a real problem with overtaking and being overtaken. Give him time, remember the cars are more difficult now and he didn't exactly get a lot of overtaking action in the Jaguar.
"The same could be said of Williams. Webber did his best but the strategy had called for a good first lap and the drag race down to the first corner had screwed him up because he was stuck behind Ralf Schumacher. The team decided to change strategy, abandoning the three-stop strategy and going for an early stop with a long middle stint. The load of fuel did not help the tyres and by the end of the race they were vibrating badly and Webber could do nothing under attack from Fisichella. He finished sixth which is disappointing. The drivers have been taking the blame a little too much this year and there is a ground swell of opinion that the problem may lie more in the software and perhaps even in the horsepower being pumped out by the Munich V10. One thing is certain there is a lot of friction these days between the people who build the front half of the cars and those who build the bit at the back. Nick Heidfeld drove from 17th on the grid to 10th but the built-in disadvantage of the engine change on Friday ruined his weekend.
Someone should write him a mail... :hehe:
He would alright in Minardi, it would be lovely to have him back.
Rai said that Briatore could take him to Renault and give Fisichella to Williams. Hope for Fisico that won't happen.
Mark apparently was quite adamant that he wanted to be a Williams driver as he likes the no-bullshit way Frank and Patrick run the team. Many of his confidants recommended Williams as being precisely the environment Mark needed, not the least of which was Alan Jones.
He has made some mistakes but that comes out of frustrations on not having a car that can run at the front.
BMW and Williams need to get their shit in order. If anyone is on shkey ground its Sam Michael.
Malaysia 2005 - he was within a banzai Fisichella error from being on the podium.
As to the "blocking", well that's part of the game now. They pretty much all do it. Sad, but blame Senna and Schumacher (who remains an outrageously poor racer).
Bahrein and Spain were also not good, being overtaken for 5th place and ending up 6th !!!!!
Bahrain: He held DeLaRosa up for several laps in a car down on revs, when DeLaRosa was the fastest car on track by a mile. How exactly would you have defended differently?
Spain: Here we have the championship-leading car getting a bloody good tow down the longest main straight in F1. What else could he have done to defend it? Once again he had held Fisi up for a few laps but the Renault has better aero and could stick closer leading onto the straight.
I draw your attention to Joe Saward's comments above - Webber is flattering the car in quallys and (podium aside) has more points in the bank than Nick.
I've said Webbo was a qualifying man when he was still in the Minardi. Turns out I was right.
Remember it's a new design team....
And I am not saying this out of rosie coloured glasses either.
I think Kimi and Alonso are better, but Webber, once he gets over driving frustrated will be OK.
I think Sam Michael has more to answer for personally.
Sam Michael sends the car out in the race with too much drag and on short fuel pitstops as if it is actually a fast car or something. It is too slow, he must take off some wing and let it run longer middle stints so it is faster towards the end of the race.
and why won't the thing launch is that webber, or the LC.
As for being harder on his tyres, I think you'll find that Webber is one of the best 'tyre-managers' on the grid.
I also agree Kimi and Alonso are better, but I think that Mark is at least the equal of Montoya, Fisi and Button, and better than Ralf and Heidfeld. I still can't see Heidfeld posing a serious challenge to Webber - his only decent points haul came as a result of Mark's misfortune.
I think viges summed it up in another thread when he said that Webber has flattered the car in qualifying. I agree.
I think Mark is copping alot of flak which should be directed towards BMW and Williams. Don't get me wrong, Mark has also made mistakes, but I think criticism of him has been disproportionate.
The BMW V10 is clearly NOT the benchmark it once was. BMW scrapped the 05 unit when the 2 race engine rule was enforced and modified last years unit with reduced revs to prolong engine life. You can't blame them really when 06 will be V8's.
If you look at the speed traps Nick and Mark are near the bottom of the list. This IS NOT just a BMW performance problem but also a Williams fault. The Williams aero does not produce enough downforce, pure and simple when compared to Renault, Mclaren, Ferrari, and Toyota. To compensate both drivers have to run extra wing which attributes to them being sitting ducks along the straight, especially towards the end of the race when their tyres are worn and they dont get the drive out of the last corner.
If you look at head on vision of the FW27 coming down the straight it looks like a bucking bronco. It looks very stiff, not the set up you need to ride the curbs.
Mark has been unfortunate at the start of races in that he seems to qualify on the dirty part of the track. This coupled with the lacklustre start of the Williams means they get of the line slower, and when the aero kicks in at about 50kph means they get picked of down the straight before the first corner. Its ok if like Nick you start at the back, cause its easy to look good when surrounded by Minardi's Jordan's etc. When you have Kimi, FA and Trulli around you, then a bad start is amplified.
Webber was on a 3 stop strategy, but after the bad start the team changed it to a two stopper. This meant his first stop was 6 laps before anyone else and fueled to the brim. This is what wrecked his tyres, NOT his diving style as mentioned by others. What the last two GP's have shown is the guys that come in first for their stops, unless thay have a substantial gap to those behind lose out. Just look at Ralf and Trulli. Webber never had a hope with that strategy.
What Webber is doing at Williams is what he did at Jag and Minardi. Taking the thing by the scruff of the neck and wringing the life out of it. Why? because simply the Williams is a peice of shit. Williams have really lost their way. They blamed the correlation of the two wind tunnels for the aero deficiencies, but what of the chassis, the engine, and strategists. All areas are below where they should be. Don't just blame Webber.
Just to add, here is what Alan Jones had to say...
"Some cars are better than others at starts," Jones said.
"Obviously Renault have got theirs down pat – and that's all part of your clutch and your revs and your engine management and so forth.
"Having said that, he is not known for his starts, but I'd probably say it's about 70 per cent car and 30 per cent driver.
"We shouldn't be too hard on him. At the end of the day it's by no accident that the Renaults always do fantastic starts."
Webber is doing a great job, he has just had some bad luck. I think the Strategies and the car have a lot to be desired.
But,
Fisico also had problems in the race. He had a pitstop of 35sec. to change the nose and in the end he catched up and cathed Webbo in his web !!!!
Btw, ' Nuff said !!!!!:hehe:
Eurosport seems to be just stirring shit in this instance.