Seanspeed wrote: ↑18 May 2024, 22:50
Luscion wrote: ↑18 May 2024, 18:07
DGP123 wrote: ↑18 May 2024, 17:44
But we all know that won’t happen
It's not like Allison to make such bold statements, hes usually very pragmatic, on top of that Mercs whole thing this season has been them being quiet and not over promising like they did in 2022, I guess we''ll see
They literally stated in testing they felt they were ahead of Ferrari. lol
And there's been so many excuses trotted out already. They've definitely not been playing themselves down at all.
Yeah it was weird how Allison was rather smug about them presumably having better race pace than Ferrari with Aston being close behind. He completely disregarded McLaren, or just forgot to include them in the mix?
Apart from Bahrain, they've never looked anywhere near Ferrari and McLaren.
I am just choosing to ignore any statement that comes out of Mercedes this year. If they have upgrades that will bring them victories, then let them prove that on track. We don't need to hear about it one month in advance.
McLaren was cooking an absolute beast last year, and literally the only public statement they made about it is that they were hoping to get ahead of Alpine with the Austria package. This "shooting for the stars" only to barely scratch the atmosphere when it matters has been Mercedes' trademark since they fuc*ed up in 2022.
For once, it would be nice for them to work it out quietly and prove their worth with on track performance.