I bet that was an interesting phone call to Massa
Rumour has it a $5,000,000 phone call
More problems at McLarenâŚ
Not sure how much a problem it is, really. I have no idea how they were supposed to juggle him and Boullier, and youâd assume thereâd be some (futile?) reorganisation that goes with the territory yet which is rarely more than pissing in the snow.
He struck me as not the nicest of people from his WRC time either* but WRC watchers may have a more refined opinion than I.
- edit: not that âbeing niceâ has much to do with the price of fish, but anyway
The point I was making is the total disarray left in the wake of Ronxit.
I understood, Oz: my point was that with his role being at best opaque and the Ron-clear up demanding the removal of any potential conflicts, this particular piece of housekeeping doesnât strike me as disarray.
If OTOH Prod were to say âfeck thisâ that would seem more problematic
In other news Symonds has left Williams with no warm wishes etc etc statement from them. Seems a slightly unfitting end to a seemingly nice blokeâs career (if we carefully ignore Singapore 08!)
Mac arenât going to be competitive for years imoâŚ
I fear you may be right, and the way the Japanese seem to go about their R&D means itâs going to be a while before that Honda engine is up to scratch. Until that happens theyâre going to be flogging a dead horse and I suspect likely to see key people departing for teams performing better.
Uses Virgin Media then
Ah, ok: wasnât out earlier. Perhaps she reads the Abatoir
Williams were in a spiral of worsening performance. 2014 was a consequence of a special set of events that will not repeat, whereas 2016 and the continued we donât understand why we are slow in the wet and in slow speed corners continued, or at least their poor performance did, even if they did not talk about working parties etc to fix them.
Pat Symonds was clearly part of the problem as he was leading the team technically, but there are others responsible for this who are still there.
All getting ready for Paddy Lowe to take overâŚ
I still donât understand why they recruited Boullier (some did say he was to be Ronâs bag man!) as he does not have the technical expertise to make the calls that he claims his role needs him to do.
As others have stated, McLaren are in a big mess.
And Honda get the blame
Found thisâŚ
Ouch !
Williams: Sorry Massa youâre past it we donât require your services next year.
Massa: BuggerâŚ
Williams: Hello Massa, Bottas wants to jump ship to Merc, would you like to come back and play, you are brilliant you are, we always liked you a lot, in fact how does LOTS OF MONEY sound to you?
Massa: WellâŚerâŚIâll check my diary with the ball and chain (seconds latter)âŚokay then!
Yep. I reckon thatâs close.
Well, they would say that wouldnât they ?