Originally Posted by
mardyrt
You guys are missing the point, I was not talking about why Mercedes did it, I was just pointing out the fact that you can come back from back of the grid to finish on the podium.
My second point. Mercedes had an advantage, and they finished out of the podium a few times. This type of things happen. Why not use one of these "instances" to get a new engine in, instead of starting 12 or 15th, you start in the back. These days with this DRS (REALLY STUPID, Senna must be turning in his grave) gimmick, its so easy to come back from the back of the field if you have a track with a long straight.
Especially, if your engine is doing less miles, you can get the power up, lighter parts. If we can get the power up, to the level of Mercedes, we can beat them. If we beat them on regularly, then we have a very good chance of winning the title.
I feel, we are in a place where we can be less reliable (ie, 5 races, instead of 7) and fast, and still score more points than if we are ultra reliable and slow.
Its not like we are going from 8 engines to 7, which is about 2.5 gps per engine (8 engines) to 3gps per engine (7 engines), as it is not a huge difference in milage.
We are going from 4 to 3, and this is a difference of about 2 gps, a huge amount of milage per engine. If we reduce this milage, we can increase the power.
You sacrifice 1 race, where at worst you can finish 5 or 6th, to get a huge power up for the rest of the season.
The performance gain by running 4 engines, instead of 3 is too big to ignore. If I was Ferrari, I would do it, I would even consider 5th engine. If you plan it out, but it has to be powerful.
Another thing, you can always make a fast car reliable, but its so difficult to make a reliable car fast.
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