Presedan u Mercedesu: Otvoreno pismo za one koji vjeruju u sabotažu Hamiltona

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Ante Vetma

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Nevjerojatno, ali istinito – Mercedes je odlučio napisati otvoreno pismo za sve ljubitelje teorija urote, odnosno pobornike ideje da nesreća koju Hamilton doživljava ove sezone nije moguća tek pukim spletom okolnosti. Aktualni svjetski prvak trenutno je 43 boda iza Nice Rosberga, a ispred nas je još 17 utrka.

Mercedesov Toto Wolff je u programu britanskog Sky Sportsa s gađenjem odgovarao na nagađanja o mogućoj sabotaži, te je, kao i Niki Lauda kasnije, istaknuo da svi u ekipi rade danonoćno i da on kao šef ekipe neće dozvoliti nikakvu ljagu na osoblju koje provede cijelu noć spremajući bolide da budu spremni za kvalifikacije i utrku.

Istina je također da je Hamilton ostavio odškrinuta vrata svima koji žele vjerovati u teorije zavjere jer se dotaknuo promjene osoblja koje je Mercedes napravio ove sezone. Za one koji nisu popratili cijeli slučaj, Mercedes je odlučio zamijeniti Lewisove i Nicine ljude da bi odbacili bilo kakve sumnje u neravnopravnost. No, čak i da je to uzrok ovih Hamiltonovih problema, zar to ne bi značilo da se Rosberg prošle dvije sezone morao nositi s istim ljudima?

Ono što su u pismu posebno naglasili je njihova superiornost, odnosno posao koji su napravili da svojim vozačima priušte još jednom dominantan bolid. Iako je Ferrari spremio nadogradnje za Rusiju, Mercedes je bio barem pola sekunde po krugu brži, a Rosberg je unatoč problemima uspio postaviti najbrži krug u pretposljednjem krugu utrke, što je čista demonstracija sile.

Bez obzira vjerovali ili ne u teorije zavjere, realan pogled na stvari sugerira da bi bilo kakvo petljanje po pouzdanosti bolida od strane Mercedesa bilo toliko rizično da je potpuno suludo nagađati išta u tom smjeru. Imali smo situacije namještanja utrka, i to ne tako davno. Singapur 2008. je najbolji pokazatelj što se dogodi s varalicama čiji posao kad-tad iziđe na svjetlo dana, a Mercedesu bi nešto slično nanijelo enormnu štetu, što bi nesumnjivo dovelo do izlaska iz sporta i do ogromne mrlje na reputaciji njemačkog automobilskog diva.

Mercedesovo pismo

To the fans,

We returned from Russia on Monday with mixed emotions. On the one side, filled with pride at another one-two finish – a rare achievement in the ultra-competitive world of Formula One and something to be savoured but never taken lightly.

On the other, pained by a stressful weekend – both behind the wheel, on the pit wall, in the garage, back at the factories and for all of you watching at home.

We have seen a lot of frustration aired online after the mechanical issues experienced in Sochi. We share those same emotions – but for us, it goes far beyond frustration.

For those watching at home, a Grand Prix weekend starts on a Thursday morning and ends on Sunday night. A bad result might hurt for a few hours afterwards – but then life moves on. For more than one thousand people at Brackley and Brixworth, however, this is our life.

These men and women pour their blood, sweat and tears into racing, day in, day out – often working around the clock and spending weeks at a time away from loved ones. They do so through passion for their work, loyalty to their team-mates and a desire to be the best.

The success we have enjoyed in recent times has not come about by accident. To paraphrase Mr Toto Wolff, we have worked our a**es off to get where we are today – and we have done so as a team. The faces you see at the track are only the tip of the iceberg – but they are a perfect example of just what this represents.

They don’t just perform pit-stops together. They travel, share rooms, eat meals, construct garages, build cars, re-build broken cars, kit spares and pack down tonnes of freight – together.

They sweat, strain, laugh, cry, shout, scream, celebrate, and commiserate – together. And, as one of our own often says, they win and lose – together. We have the best guys and girls in the world, doing an awesome job, week in and week out – and they do it for the team.

Not for one driver or the other – but for each other. There is no ‘A’ or ‘B’ team here. Every single member of the crew has earned their right to be counted among the elite of their trade – and have sacrificed much to do so.

What happened in Sochi showed the world just what a team working in unison is capable of. We were baffled and gutted by the repeat MGU-H failure on Lewis’ car in qualifying. But we kept calm, gathered our thoughts and sprung into action.

It took a monumental effort from a significant number of people back in the UK and in Russia to fly spare parts out to the track, fit them to the spare Power Unit by working through the night and make sure Lewis could start from P10 on Sunday without having broken parc fermé. This made Sunday all the more stressful for each of us. But, in the end, we were relieved just to get both cars to the flag.

Shortly after his pit stop, we saw some alarming behaviour from Nico’s MGU-K. We spent a number of laps reassuring him that he had a good gap over Lewis and could ease off before the FIA gave us the all-clear to tell him to switch to a setting that would control the issue.

At the wheel, Nico wouldn’t have had any inkling of the stress on the pit-wall. When he put in the fastest lap on the penultimate lap of the race, he was still in that ‘safe’ setting – demonstrating just how much pace the car had last weekend.

Not long after Nico’s issue arose, we started to see the water pressure falling on Lewis’ car. At the time, he was pushing hard to catch Nico and pull away from Kimi – posting several purple lap times in the process. Again, we needed to await confirmation from the FIA of what we could tell him via the radio. After several calls asking him to take it easy, the all-clear came to let him know that he was losing water pressure.

With zero – yes, zero! – water pressure remaining for the last 16 laps, the job he did to nurse the car home and still retain second place was truly remarkable. He had to keep the car as cool as possible to avoid damaging the engine whilst also keeping Kimi at a safe distance, which was no mean feat. We genuinely aren’t sure by what miracle the car limped across the line – but we’re certainly not going to complain!

Ultimately, none of this changes the fact that we have not met our own expectations in terms of reliability so far this season. Performance-wise we are right on the money – with a points haul just two shy of what we had managed by the same stage in 2015. But there is work to be done. Our goal is not simply to be fast but bulletproof too.

Not just to manage problems but to understand them, fix them and ensure they are not repeated. We are working tirelessly to do just that and will continue to do so every step of the way. But there are no guarantees. This is a mechanical sport, balancing on the knife edge of performance and endurance. You have to push the boundaries and failures can happen.

And then, there’s the bigger picture. Here we sit, picking apart a weekend of various challenges – both on and off track. But look at the result. We should not simply be grateful to see both cars crossed the line but proud and humbled after a team result which quite literally could not have been stronger, thanks to the amazing efforts of the guys and girls in the factories, in the engineering offices, on the pit wall, in the garage and, of course, in the cockpit.

So, four races down, 17 to go. And, from what we’ve seen so far, it’s going to be one heck of a rollercoaster. There will be highs and lows, good day and bad days, successes and defeats. But, through all of this, we stand united as a team – just as we always have.

To those who stand with us, we thank you. And to the rest – the haters, the naysayers, the conspirators… if we can convince even half of you of what we really stand for, we’ll consider that a battle well won.

#WeAreW07
#WeAreTheSilverArrows

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14 komentara

  1. Fernando Alonso 14
    alonso5 Donator Prikaži
    • 2907 d, 17:25

    Tko god misli da Lewisa sabotiraju taj je 100% lud.


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  2. Luka Maloić Prikaži
    • 2907 d, 17:59

    Da je forma McLaren Honde malo bolja – mislim da bi on već sad jednom nogom sjedio u crnom bolidu …


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  3. Ferrari
    pro5i vilin konjic Donator Prikaži
    • 2907 d, 19:32

    Ovo sve smrdi na patuljka Brundlea.


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  4. mika Prikaži
    • 2907 d, 20:31

    Smiješno.


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  5. Eme_F1 Prikaži
    • 2907 d, 21:25

    Koliko vidim po društvenim mrežama, ekstravagantni način života Hamiltona je pokazao koliko je bitna profesionalnost


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  6. Kimi Raikkonen 7
    Ciki-F1 Pretplatnik Prikaži
    • 2907 d, 21:55

    Ako njega sabotiraju, onda su i Nicu zadnje dvije god. Pa sad neka uzme tko kako želi.


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  7. dakako Prikaži
    • 2907 d, 23:08

    Naravno da je notorna glupost da Mercedes sabotira bilo kojeg od svojih vozaca.

    Nego di nestadose oni bukaci sto su na sva zvona grmili da je Lujo predodredjen za No1,a Rosberg je kao Pale sam na svijetu jadan,najeban,barbika,vodonosa,drugorazredni vozac itd.

    Navijam iskljucivo za tim i naravno da ne zelim nikakav kvar na MGP bolidima,ali ako vec mora biti,drago mi je da su se uloge promjenile,ako nista,barem zbog toga da se zacepe lajava hejterska usta.


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  8. Bernie Ecclestone
    Dani Donator Prikaži
    • 2906 d, 09:37

    Ne sabotiraju ga. Ali nisu baš se ni pretrgli da ga liše kvarova kao njegovog timskog kolegu.


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  9. mika Prikaži
    • 2906 d, 13:48

    Ma, Hamilton sam uništava aute :))


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