The Artist.....
Champion Elect
I've been puzzling over the pace (or lack of it) we have seen from Kovi in the second half of the season.
Since Silversone, he seems happy to tootle around, about 3 or 4 tenths of a second per lap slower than Lewis, and doesn't seem to have the car underneath him. This may even stretch back to the accident in Barcelona.....
I've been trying to think of reasons for this, and have come up with a few, which I suspect may be all factors in the issue.
1. LH is faster
2. McLaren as a team is built around LH, and the car was designed with him in mind - so it plays to his strengths
3. Kovi was spooked by having a high speed failure in Barcelona (Why is it at McLaren that it always seems to be the number 2 car that fails - when it was Senna and Berger, Berger always retired with mechanical issues, now with Hamilton and Kovi, Kovi's had a major wheel failure (not tyres) and an engine expire.)
4. Kovi has lost motivation since it became clear early in the season that since he was quite some way behind LH, he was going to have to play the team game.
It seems to me that the Kovi we are seeing at the moment is the same Kovi who made all the mistakes in Melbourne last year, rather than the ultra-quick confident rookie who out-shone Fisichella by the season's end.
What do you think?
Since Silversone, he seems happy to tootle around, about 3 or 4 tenths of a second per lap slower than Lewis, and doesn't seem to have the car underneath him. This may even stretch back to the accident in Barcelona.....
I've been trying to think of reasons for this, and have come up with a few, which I suspect may be all factors in the issue.
1. LH is faster
2. McLaren as a team is built around LH, and the car was designed with him in mind - so it plays to his strengths
3. Kovi was spooked by having a high speed failure in Barcelona (Why is it at McLaren that it always seems to be the number 2 car that fails - when it was Senna and Berger, Berger always retired with mechanical issues, now with Hamilton and Kovi, Kovi's had a major wheel failure (not tyres) and an engine expire.)
4. Kovi has lost motivation since it became clear early in the season that since he was quite some way behind LH, he was going to have to play the team game.
It seems to me that the Kovi we are seeing at the moment is the same Kovi who made all the mistakes in Melbourne last year, rather than the ultra-quick confident rookie who out-shone Fisichella by the season's end.
What do you think?