He starts talking about it around 16:50 minute mark in his new COTA recap video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QOGwID-lhQ
Someone might help better with German here, but while initially put on the hold, the purchase price ended up being too high for Andretti and the talks are off now. On top of that purchase price, the team owner of Sauber also wanted an additional bank guarantee price of around 250 million (as a 5 year commitment) per the paddock sources. They want for the team to live on in a good condition, and avoid a situation where they get bought and then fall apart quickly (he mentions the budget cap gap problems that could happen with it).
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Christian Horner and Helmut Marko kept saying that Red Bull would be able to keep up with Ferrari and Mercedes during the race, however, proof for these words was still missing. The race in China has now given that. The analysis department of Mercedes found out that Red Bull had the fastest car during the race.
Their stint on the ultrasoft tyres was unbelievable, both on terms of length and lap times. On the medium tyres they were 3 to 4 tenths faster than Mercedes and 2 tenths per lap faster than Ferrari. Red Bull wins their time in the fast corners, with traction, on the brakes and with lower tyre wear. Marko: "We can drive faster than the other teams, and with older tyres our traction advantage gets even bigger."
However, Red Bull always starts the race behind the Ferrari's and Mercedes', due to their lack of qualifying speed. Red Bull says that the gap in qualifying is only down to the lack of speed in the Renault engine, however GPS data reveals that that is not correct. At maximum 0.15 seconds per lap in qualifying is down to Renault, the rest is because of Red Bull itself. The high rake that Red Bull is running causes the car to have more drag than Mercedes and Ferrari, costing them straight line speed. McLaren has the same problem for the exact same reason. Above that, the downside of the Red Bull being good on its tyres in the race is that it's not able to bring the tyres perfectly up to temperature for qualifying. An advantage in the race, but a disadvantage in qualifying. Again, McLaren is similar to Red Bull with this, although to a smaller extent in this case. The Renault factory team is the opposite with this, being perfectly able to bring the tyres up to temperature for qualifying, but then resulting in overheating during the race.
Red Bull is also worried about penalties this season, as it's already on its second of the 2 allowed batteries. It's also already on its second of the 3 allowed engine parts (ICE, turbo, mgu-h & mgu-k). Marko: "We are sure that we will get penalties, we just have
... keep reading on reddit ➡Renault sporting director Cyril Abiteboul is a man of clear words. We talked to him about the 2018 season goal, the split between Red Bull and Renault's plans for the future.
Renault had two goals ahead of the season: fourth place and coming closer to the top. Where are you now?
Abiteboul: We have met almost all our goals so far. Only one thing not: we did not get closer to the top. That is an important element. We have to look into why that did not work out yet. Two things: First, our team is still in the start-up phase. That should help us to finish fourth this year. You can also see it in our consistency. We make very few mistakes. It helps us that our opponents have bigger fluctuations than we do. On the other hand, we are not able to develop fast enough to close the gap to the top three teams. The gap has remained the same since the beginning of the season. This reflects the state of Formula 1. You need certain factors to be successful. Investment, money, people, resources. We are not there yet, where we want to be. 2018 is the last year of our growth phase. We are still raising people, uniting with new partners, rebuilding the management structure, increasing resources. At the moment we have not yet reached the size to catch up.
Where do you need to catch up more. At the car or at the engine?
Abiteboul: It's very clear, it's the car. The engine is good enough to put a car in pole position, win races and fight for the title. Red Bull proves it. Without their problems, they would now be fully in the title fight. And only two of her problems had to do with the engine. Here we are on schedule with our catching up. I am convinced that we will catch up with Mercedes and Ferrari in 2019, maybe even overtake. I am satisfied with the performance increase. Not yet with reliability. On the chassis side we are still lagging aerodynamically.
Actually your car does not look so much different from a Mercedes, Ferrari or Red Bull. Where is the second lost?
Abiteboul: If I knew that, we would be a second faster. It's about details. This regulation rewards constant improvement in detail. Right down to the car's surfaces. And then there are many things under the hood that make the difference. Also very complex suspension systems. Mechanical grip and tyre management are areas where we lag behin
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1. Hamilton 9.05
2. Vettel 8.50
3. Verstappen 8.35
4. Alonso 8.26
5. Ricciardo 8.00
6. Bottas 7.50
7. Perez 7.50
8. Hülkenberg 7.35
9. Raikkonen 7.15
10. Massa 7.05
11. Ocon 7.05
12. Sainz 6.65
13. Wehrlein 6.33
14. Grosjean 6.20
15. Vandoorne 6.15
16. Stroll 5.70
17. Magnussen 5.65
18. Kvyat 5.60
19. Ericsson 5.40
20. Palmer 5.06
Die Grundschulen hier in Hamburg haben aufgrund der dichten Besiedlung sehr kleine Einzugsgebiete, hier wohnt niemand weiter als 1,5 Kilometer von der Schule entfernt. Passiert, dass man seit Monaten etwas am Fuß hat und die 800 Meter bis nach Hause den armen Kindern nicht zumuten kann - NUR KANN MAN NOCH DEUTLICHER ZEIGEN, DASS MAN EINEN FICK AUF DIE ZUKUNFT SEINER EIGENEN KINDER GIBT, ALS WENN MAN DIE DRECKSKARRE 15 MINUTEN IM LEERLAUF DIE LUFT VERSAUEN LÄSST? Es war natürlich ein BMW, was sonst.
Ich zitiere an dieser Stelle Albert Einstein (deutscher Physiker, 1879 - 1955), dem das folgende, zu Recht sehr populäre Zitat über Menschen zugeschrieben wird:
"Idioten."
