The car is good, however the team have a bizarre tendency to **** up. Bar several pitstop/strategy cock ups Hamilton would be leading the championship.
Hopefully they'll be able to be as high up as they can in Canada. I don't think Montreal is Ferrari's favourite track, so I'm expecting Mercedes and maybe Red Bull to perform better than them, but if Alonso and (specially) Massa are able to keep their momentum from Monaco, they'll definitely have the tools to do well in this race.
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Vettel just destroyed everyone in that quali. Everyone were fighting for tenths and half tensths and then Vettel comes and takes the pole with quite clear margin.
So... if the it comes true, that Bernie is involved in corruption, Mercedes AMG will pull out of Formula 1 instantly. There was a press release stating this today. (source: WDR 2 [West German Radio 2]) Otherwise the Daimler could get sued for cooperating with corrupt forces. I wonder if HWA started to built two extra DTM cars already, to fulfill the contracts of Schumacher and Rosberg
I don't get why they didn't pull out in 2007 then... *spygate cough*
Imho it's just a press release to put some (more) pressure on Bernie since Mercedes is the only team which has not signed the new concorde agreement yet.
Well in 2007 it wasn't a 100% factory team. McLaren was equipped by Mercedes, true and Daimler was promoting McLaren's succes as Mercedes succes, but still it was not a 100% Mercedes team. Also Daimler changed quiet a bit. Back then it was still DaimlerCrysler.
Marussia driver Maria de Villota has been injured during testing at the Duxford circuit in Cambridgeshire.
Apparently she accidentally drove into the back of a lorry.
Caterham just posted this on twitter: "The reports from Duxford are of real concern and do not sound good. Our thoughts are with all our friends at Marussia and with Maria."
Hope she is okay - but I've seen reports which said the head took the full brunt of the impact which is really worrying. Thoughts go to the team and family at this hard time, reports suggest the car suddenly accelerated as if the throttle was stuck open into the stationary vehicle.