Posted 14 June 2016 - 04:18
Kvacilo i dalje Mercedesova ahilova peta:
Poor starts had cost Hamilton in Australia and Bahrain and he admitted the team would look into it. “I did the [start] procedure exactly as I was asked to, so I didn’t make a mistake with it,” he said. “We are going to investigate why. It is not the first time that it has been like that. They don’t quite understand it so we have to work on it. This clutch is definitely catching us out.”
Posted 28 June 2016 - 14:45
A trick employed by Mercedes to counter Pirelli's high mandatory tyre pressures has emerged.
Earlier, it was suspected that some top teams had found a clever way to reduce the high minimum tyre pressures once the car was up and running, thereby boosting laptimes.
Germany's Auto Motor und Sport has now published photos of a sophisticated device attached to the four corners of its silver cars prior to the tyres being fitted on the Baku grid.
Reportedly, the device keeps ultra-high heats in the axle and brakes, so that when the Pirelli tyre is fitted, it artificially satisfies the minimum tyre pressure but then rapidly starts to lose that pressure once the car is on track.
Force India technical director Andy Green was quoted as saying a ban of such practices "would be a good thing. It just costs a lot of money."
Posted 05 July 2016 - 14:55
Mercedes will decide in the next two days how to proceed in the wake of the latest collision between teammates Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg.
Boss Toto Wolff left Austria declaring that team orders would be back on the table in the talks to be held prior to the British grand prix this weekend.
But the Telegraph reported that more extreme options, like the spectre of huge financial penalties or even race suspensions, may also be under consideration by the reigning champion team.
World champion Hamilton said he hopes team orders are not implemented because it would take the "joy" of racing away from him and "rob" the fans.
But even Niki Lauda, Mercedes' team chairman who has always argued against the imposition of team orders, admitted the German squad has a tough call to make.
"We set up clear rules after the crash at Spa (in 2014) but now it's happened again in Barcelona and Austria. So it doesn't work anymore," he told Bild newspaper.
Lauda's new opinion could be driven by the spectre of competition, with the F1 legend warning that Ferrari continues to close on Mercedes.
"Ferrari are there, there's no question," he told German broadcaster RTL.
Corriere dello Sport, an Italian specialist daily, said the events of the Red Bull Ring showed that the problem at Mercedes is "the absolute lack of mutual respect between the two drivers".
Red Bull's Christian Horner thinks the duo might even now be "untenable", but he also thinks team orders would be wrong.
"I think their advantage over the others is big enough and a rivalry like that is also good for the sport," said the Briton.
Posted 05 July 2016 - 21:09
Jaooo kenjatori 
Niko ziv da im pridje ne moze. Opet, pare su njihove pa mogu da odredjuju ko ce i kada voziti, ali pravdati se kako im drugi disu za vrat je stvarno smesno.
Posted 05 July 2016 - 21:14
Mogli bi bez problema da pauziraju obojicu za po jednu trku a da umesto njih na te dve trke ubace malog Verlajna, i svejedno uzimaju obe titule.
Posted 05 July 2016 - 21:20
Pazi, to sa zabranom trkanja mislim da bi matori jedva docekao. Penal k'o nista. Taman da im oduzmes bodove i zabranis par trka komplet timu. Iako ja jesam za timske naredbe (jbg ne bi bili tim) u ovoj situaciji ne mogu da prihvatim opravdanje, nema sanse niko do kraja sezone da im pridje u bilo kom poretku. NJihova dvojica vozaca se bore za titulu neka ih. Pustis ih lepo, samo napomenes, ko zajebe odbijas troskove popravke auta od plate. I to je to.
Posted 05 July 2016 - 23:41
Hamiltonu nisu smetale timske naredbe u Monaku?
Posted 06 July 2016 - 06:29
Hamiltonu nisu smetale timske naredbe u Monaku?
Posted 06 July 2016 - 14:07
Niki Lauda has released a statement clarifying comments he made about Lewis Hamilton's behaviour in Baku and relationship with team-mate Nico Rosberg.[/size]
In an interview on Servus TV, Lauda said Hamilton had destroyed his driver room in Baku after crashing during qualifying, handing pole position to Rosberg. Lauda also claimed Hamilton's comments that his relationship with Rosberg was now "surprisingly good" were false, with the Mercedes non-executive chairman saying: "Lewis lied about this."
However, Lauda has now issued a statement denying those claims. The full statement distributed by Mercedes reads:
"Following his appearance on a television discussion show on Servus TV recorded prior to last weekend's Austrian GP, Niki Lauda would like to set the record straight and state the following:"Niki regrets any misunderstanding caused by comments that have been blown wildly out of proportion compared with the casual context in which they were made."
- Lewis Hamilton did not in any way damage a hotel room or his private driver room at the circuit during the race weekend in Baku; and
- Lewis Hamilton did not lie about his relationship with team-mate Nico Rosberg.
Edited by Dzoni_m, 06 July 2016 - 14:08.
Posted 06 July 2016 - 14:15
Lako je tako iskenjas se do jaja i posle dva dana izdas saopstenje i puj pike ne vazi... 
Posted 06 July 2016 - 16:55
Toto Wolff will sit with Mercedes' two drivers to decide the next steps after their Austria run-in -- whether Lewis Hamilton wants to or not.
That is the claim of team chairman and F1 legend Niki Lauda, after the German newspaper Bild quoted Hamilton as saying he had no intention of discussing the matter as "There is nothing to discuss".
But when asked by Osterreich newspaper about Hamilton's apparent refusal, Lauda said: "Toto Wolff will sit with them both. This nonsense must stop."
The big risk for F1 is that, as a result of Wolff's meeting with the drivers, Mercedes might decide to put a stop to the free racing policy, imposing a rule that drivers must hold position.
"We need to let them race," F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone told The Times.
"Imagine if we get to the final race of the season and one is told they can't overtake and that decides the championship? It's not good for formula one and it won't be good for Mercedes either," he added.
However, even Lauda - a staunch racing 'purist' - is coming around to the idea that Hamilton and Rosberg might need to have their racing freedoms curtailed.
"We want to be world champion with two top drivers, but the championship must be won without accidents," he said.
"Lewis will not give up, neither will Nico, and logically there is a crash. This is unacceptable," said Lauda.
"I would expect from two adult and intelligent drivers that they manage to do it without accident.
"Toto is talking with Lewis and Nico on Thursday. We want them to race freely, but if it doesn't work and you add up the two and half accidents in Barcelona, Montreal and Spielberg, re must reserve all the steps."
Lauda told Bild newspaper that he thinks the latest saga is predominantly Rosberg's fault.
"For two years he was more reasonable, now he wants to be world champion and goes flat out. But he may not engage in such actions as Spielberg when he wants to be world champion.
"As a racer he must ask himself 'Am I a world champion or a crash driver?'. He should think of his father, Keke, who was world champion with only one win.
"It must be that the drivers can switch on their brains in such a situation," he added.
"Toto and I are working on a new concept that is better for all. But this much is already clear: a new crash between the two is no longer accepted. We will tell the drivers that clearly before Silverstone."
Posted 07 July 2016 - 14:32
Mercedes statement:
This morning at the headquarters of the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team in Brackley, UK, positive meetings were held between Toto Wolff, Paddy Lowe, Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg.
Our drivers were informed that they remain free to race for the world championship.
We believe this is the essence of Formula One, including between team mates. As passionate racers, we want to see them racing, and so do the fans of Formula One.
However, this freedom comes with a duty for our drivers to respect the values of the team.
In the past five races, there have been three incidents which have cost us over 50 points in the constructors’ championship.
We have therefore strengthened our Rules of Engagement to include much greater deterrents to contact between our cars.
With these in place, we will trust our drivers to manage the situation between them on track. Their destiny is in their own hands.
The drivers were also reminded that we may issue instructions during the race to protect against a potential loss of constructors’ points, such as we did at this year’s Monaco GP when Nico was instructed to let Lewis pass.
If the drivers do not honour the revised Rules of Engagement, we may impose team orders as a solution of last resort.
Finally, we restated our belief in Lewis and Nico as the best driver pairing in Formula One.
Since 2013, we have won together a total of 43 races and 40 further podium finishes, plus two consecutive world championships. This record speaks for itself.
Posted 07 July 2016 - 22:19
Posted 08 July 2016 - 08:08
Jeste bas mu to rusi ugled brenda. Sernja. Voleli bi oni itekako da Nico osvoji titulu, ali su dovoljno trezveni da vide vozacke kvalitete pa se prave da je sve jedno. Hamilton ovu trku ili startuje sa kaznom, ono motor ili sta vec, ili ce ga zajebati u trci.
