Yeah I saw that conversation with the BBC, was the first time he admitted that RBR just did a better job, and all the FIA tests he called for in the past proved to be pointless and baseless accusations. Their car was more illegal than there's... I have read plenty of interviews by Whitmarsh and other McLaren personel in the past saying many things why the Red Bull was quicker and that all it took was a silver bullet to stop it. You can say I sound paranoid, I'm fine with that, rather be that than ignorant thinking they just wanted to be all above board and all have a "fair championship". I thought paranoia was a major foundation of F1 psychology lol?
Trust me, Lewis getting pole didn't even make me flinch. Nurburgring made me flinch with all the bollox being spewed out saying Seb doesn't deserve the title after 1 bad GP.
Whitmarsh has said it on more than one occasion actually, and he has always said that it is not one thing on the Red Bull that makes it fast, it is holistic and you could not just copy something from it and put it onto the Mclaren. How is the Mclaren illegal?
Remember that front wing in Valencia that they used which was classified illegal since it was deemed 2 structures.
If he does then that will be a great performance from him and best of the year probably because the Ferrari seems to have a poor front end.
He should have won in Japan, that car has great race pace, it may be lousy over 1 lap, but it's brilliant over 50+. Plus there is tyre wear to contend with, an area where ferrari have an advantage over their competitors. And as Felipe Massa isn't allowed to win, that leaves Fernando.
After the FIA classified it was illegal, before then McLaren didn't seem to care it was and still used it.
To be fair, McLaren usually are the ones that are quoted as not being happy when the legality of the Red Bull is brought up. However, just because they appear in the media as being the ring leaders doesn't mean that other teams haven't moaned about it too. Further to this, I seem to remember a certain Mr Horner constantly moaning about the double diffuser in the first half of 2009. Any team that is behind a competitor will moan, any team that is in front will not. Teams trying to get one up on each other or indeed, trying to take each other down a peg or two is pretty much constant in F1 and it would be hypocritical to say that one team is guilty of this where others aren't. It's simply the great political melting pot that is F1.
But the double diffuser wasn't a false accusation, it was fact and existed. McLaren (and his drivers) often tried/try to use the media for psycho-games and false accusations.
I don't normally support mclaren, but they do have a point questioning the RB7's legality. I'm still puzzled by the magic front wing in suzuka, that stayed on the car even when the support struts snapped. Camera wires my backside.
Not sure I understand what you're getting at there old chap. What psycho-games and false accusations?
What I'm getting across is, how long did it take McLaren to "break" the rules and how long has (if ever) it been since Red Bull last "broke" the rules? So if my accusation is correct, McLaren are willing to break the rules far more often than RBR would think of.
