Well, well. Pat Symonds (technical director) has left Williams and it seems that Paddy Lowe (executive director but is basically an R&D guy from his time with Williams and McLaren) is leaving Merc.
Is Williams spending money to get better R&D? Will Paddy move back to Williams? Bit late for next year's chassis but would mean that the updates throughout the year would be better.....
A big plus for any team getting Paddy would be the Merc info he would bring to the team.
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Confirmed:
Massa to Williams and Bottas to Mercedes
http://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/38384982
^Wow. So Williams is basically getting free engines over this. If Paddy Lowe comes on board, hopefully that will help turn the tide at the team.
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Not thrilled about Massa coming back tbh. Will be interesting to see what Bottas can do in a front-running car though.
Crap, Massa reportedly re-signed with Williams
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Also lewis feels disrespected again.
I hope with that kind of deal Williams can put more effort into aerodynamics and more in strategy tactics.
With Bottas going to the Mercs I hope to see a stronger performance from him.
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Man, I honestly don't care if Lewis feels pathetic or disrespected or has a massive ego problem. Just drive and win races. If you lose? You lose. You win? You win.
And oh .... a big eff to the media!
Well I wonder what Williams will do in 2018, now that Bottas is going away. Strange days...
Found a prototype picture of what the 2017 cars will look like. Taken from f1technical.net
Yeah, me too.
I like the new rules/cars too - especially the tire widths. But I wish they would have allowed higher noses. I really loved the high nose cars (without the bump when they tried to first lower the nose cones).
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I mean... it's a formula that the cars are built to... I'd say they're pretty different even after quite a long period of stable aero rules. Things always get stagnant and looking similar towards a period of stable rules. Honestly, they probably should have done these aero changes in 2016 instead of 2017.
I don't mind the lower nose, and I think it looks better than the sky high nose from years ago. I wouldn't mind if it were an inch or two higher tho', and maybe less of a snout (not as much of a step change in the area requirements).
No more penis nose??
I guess we'll find out, but I kinda liked the 2016 cars.
Now there's a new rule for 2017. FIA doesn't like you and so they decided to make driver's life even more miserable by clamping down on clever clutch launch start systems. They want more unpredictable starts or in other words miserable/unsuccessful starts from the drivers for the sake of pleasing the crowds ............ [insert facepalm]
I'm not sure if Fia wants to clearly rule out the anti-stall feature which doesn't leave the drivers stranded on the track in case of missing the clutch-engaging-biting point.
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