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Williams' 2019 car is not only slow, it was also "pretty uncontrollable" in Baku.


That is the view of an increasingly forthright Robert Kubica as the British team's woes continue this season.

 

He crashed in qualifying and calls the Mercedes-powered car "very uncomfortable to race in".

 

"I almost drove into the wall at the start, because the car was pretty uncontrollable when braking," said Kubica, who before 2019 had not raced in F1 for eight years due to his permanent arm injury.

 

"It's a miracle that I finished the race with so little grip," he is quoted by Algemeen Dagblad newspaper.

 

"The team has to work hard to solve the problems with this car."

 

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Da li je moguće da je taj auto toliko loš? Ok, kinte nema pa nema, Kler kao da nije od oca Frenka, ali majku mu taj Vilijams je nekad imao ozbiljan hardware pa je čak i menjače pravio.

Razumem da se promaši dizajn, pa auto bude spor, ali da je nestabilan na kočenju e to je već death trap, pu pu daleko bilo.

Oni su debelo zreli da ih neka fabrika kupi, samo gre'ota da ih neko kupi za male pare zbog mesta na gridu, a ne ikakvog potencijala...

Opet, ne vredi, uopšte mi ih nije žao. Eto, toliko je jak taj hate iz '80 i '90-ih 

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Oni su ostali bez love negde na 80% razvoja bolida, pojavili su se na testovima sa zakasnjenjem i to sa bolidom skrpljenim seci usi krpi dupe tehnikom, sude se sa Pedijem oko raskida ugovora jer nemaju da mu plate sta mu sleduje, usput su oba vozaca razbili svoje bolide nekoliko puta a nemaju rezervne delove nego su lepili Kubici patos da ga sastave. Ko zna u kakvom su stanju uopste bolidi naspram onog kako bi trebali da budu da je samo sve na njima 100% ispravno a kamo li da su do kraja dizajnirani kao sto je zamisljeno. Budzotina budzotine, nije ni cudo da ne funkcionise.

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Paddy Lowe’s departure from Williams has finally been confirmed; the former chief technical officer stepping down from the board of directors with immediate effect.

Williams announced Lowe was taking a leave of absence on March 5 following the late arrival of the team’s 2019 car, which did not appear until the third day of testing. Once the FW42 did arrive, it proved to be the slowest on the grid, and Williams remains at the bottom of the constructors’ championship and is yet to score in the opening eight races.

A statement on Tuesday morning confirmed Lowe, who joined the team from Mercedes at the start of 2017, will not be returning.

“After a period of careful reflection I have reached the decision that I will not return to work at Williams,” Lowe said. “I wish all my previous colleagues the very best to meet the challenges ahead, which I am sure they will do. I would especially like to thank the Williams fans who are so supportive.”

Deputy team principal Claire Williams added: “We understand and respect the decision Paddy has reached and wish him well for the future.”

Lowe was at Mercedes from 2013, playing a role in the three consecutive championship doubles from 2014-16 before moving to Williams, where he started his F1 career. He has also had a successful 20-year spell at McLaren, winning championships with Mika Hakkinen and Lewis Hamilton.

 

 

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1. Jeste Badoer i jos 2 vozaca... koja? 🙂 Nesretni Badoer sa onom "nagradom" da vozi Ferrari nakon udesa Felipea Mase u Madjarskoj... samo mu zamrljalo i ovako neslavnu karijeru. 🙂  

2. Hint: Kubica je imao nesto preko 8 godina 

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Jan Lammers (imao 39 ucesca od '79.-'82. na kojima se uglavnom nije kvalifikovao za trku a onda '92. dobio priliku da nastupi na poslednje 2 trke = ne mnogo bitan lik za F1, u secanju mi je verovatno samo zato sto je vozio tih 90ih kad sam i poceo da pratim F1; vise uspeha je imao u 24h trkama gde je uspevao da osvoji Daytona-u i Le Mans) i Pete Lovely (odvezao po 1 trku u '59. i '60. a onda jos 9 ucesca od '69.-'71. = takodje ne toliko bitan lik) 

 

A odgovor na drugo pitanje proizilazi iz odgovora na prvo = s obzirom da trio Badoer, Lammers i Lovely nikada nije osvojio bodove, Kubica je "sampion" u najvecoj pauzi izmedju dva osvojena boda u F1 😄 Mozda gresim, mozda neko sa dugom karijerom (8+ godina), ko je imao "srece" da osvaja poene samo na pocetku i kraju karijere, drzi ovaj rekord ali meni ne pada na pamet takav vozac... 

 

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Momci, ne bih se slozio sa vama... na stranu to sto znamo kakve gluposti radi Grozan, ali ako pogledate snimak bice vam jasnije. 

 

 

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Wheel banging krece jos pre turn-in point-a... GRO pokusava spolja, ima cak i malu prednost a RUS pokusava da uhvati maksimalno mogucu levu poziciju dok GRO polako vec krece prema krivini, i dolazi do wheel banging-a.

 

GRO "gadja" appex kao da RUS uopste nije pored njega a u tom momentu su vec poravnati!

 

Dalje, RUS mora da ide preko ivicnjaka, poskakuje bolid malo, pokusava da drzi putanju. Vec je tada GRO zaostao, njegov prednji desni tocak je nesto ispred Raselovog zadnjeg levog, moze da ga vidi jedino u retrovizoru. GRO kao da se uplasio zida, iako ima jos dosta prostora, ima vise od pola sirine bolida do zida pre kontakta! Neko generalno pravilo kojim se ja uvek vodim (i kad sam se i sam trkao) jeste da onaj ko je spolja, ako nije poravnat sa tobom ili barem da mu vidis prednji tocak, perifernim vidom, bez da gledas u retrovizor, nema sta vise da trazi tu. Ako ispunjava te uslove onda mu ostavljas prostor... druga prica je sa unutrasnje strane kada te neko napada, s obzirom da je prirodno da gledas u tu stranu, perifernim vidom pokrivas mnogo veci deo prostora iza sebe.   

 

E kad je doslo do kontakta prednji na zadnji tocak, tu vise RUS nije nista mogao, nikakva kontra ne pomaze kad te neko ovako okrece. 

 

Na kraju ovo je samo trkacki incident, mada realno, veci % krivice bih pripisao GRO. Ima naravno i RUS svoj udeo, znajuci s kim se "rempluje" mogao je da bude obazriviji i da ostavi jos vise mesta, da bezi od GRO... pa makar i po cenu malog zanosenja.

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Williams sponsor PKN Orlen wants answers from the team over why it pulled Robert Kubica’s car out of Sunday’s Russian Grand Prix.

 

The team said following the race it parked Kubica’s car on the 29th lap of the 53-lap race in order to conserve parts for future races. “We opted to retire Robert soon afterwards in order to conserve parts ahead of the intense flyaway races which end the season,” said senior race engineer Dave Robson.

 

In a statement released to the media, the Polish petrochemicals company said it has “officially asked the Rokit Williams Racing team for clarification” on why Kubica was pulled out of the race.

 

A Williams spokesperson declined to comment on the matter.

 

Williams suffered a shortage of parts during the opening races of the season having made a late start to testing due to delays completing its first FW42 chassis. Kubica announced during the Singapore Grand Prix he will leave Williams at the end of the year.

 

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