start of F1

[Alfahollic]

I thought the mp4-19 was suppost to be gods gift to Formula One with that "powerfull" mercedes engine? Why cant they get this car to work out and be succesfull, well see this weekend i suppose...

[fpv_gtho]

Well Malaysia might not only prove the reliability of the Mercedes/McLaren engines, but give us viewers a hint at whether we'll see another dominant season from Ferrari with the Bridgestones or if the Michelins show their stuff in the Hotter weather and the likes of Williams-BMW, MB-McLaren and maybe even Renault can bring the fight right up to the Italians......as its been discussed at length previously

[DasModell]

Well they've failed right away.
In F1 no team can afford to be putting last years performance and hope to win.
It wasn't near the top last year

with the changed regulations .. some constructors have stated either they have reduced the weight and kept the power or they incresed the power but also the weight ..
it's not that uncommon for constructors to have the engines built by other companies .. Renault had done that with Mecachrome

[henk4]

it's not that uncommon for constructors to have the engines built by other companies .. Renault had done that with Mecachrome

It is actually the other way round, when Renault withdrew officially, a new company was set up to continue to supply some teams with engines, this company was named Mecachrome. It stopped its activities after two years or so.