Quote:
Originally Posted by Tervuren
Last year, Hamilton had the "A" team mechanics, this year, Rosberg does.
Rosberg went through the same issues last year with flying colors, no complaints, just pulled through and drove.
No two cars are perfectly alike, and the variance of all the parts add up. There are a lot more parts, and a lot more variance to this generation of F1 car.
|
A team like Mercedes doesn't run 'A' team mechanics and to be honest the mechanics have little to no influence on the cars performance.
Hamilton's problems won't come from having 2nd best mechanics, problems on an F1 car are never down to one mistake but from a combination of things not being 100% right.
F1 car problems come from all sorts of sources, incorrect tolerancing of parts, poor choice of material, poor design, exceeding the fatigue life, under estimating loads, vibration, temperatures etc but very rarely finger trouble. Over the years I've had to read through 1000's of F1 car fault lists/reports and I'd put finger trouble down near the bottom of reasons why an F1 car isn't working as fast as it should.
Agree Rosberg just got on with it last year and kept going but I don't think Hamilton after winning multiple championships has as big a fire in his belly as Rosberg. Obviously there is a an element of luck involved too.