Comments on: The Wolff at the door and the real story of Paddy Lowe http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/the-wolff-at-the-door-and-the-real-story-of-paddy-lowe/ The real stories from inside the F1 paddock Sat, 18 May 2013 02:37:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: toleman fan http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/the-wolff-at-the-door-and-the-real-story-of-paddy-lowe/#comment-138015 Sun, 27 Jan 2013 20:12:49 +0000 http://joesaward.wordpress.com/?p=11154#comment-138015 +1

They were not however willing to fund it at a level sufficient for the consistent level of competitiveness that they demanded. And at the point they took over it had been starved of cash to the point it was shedding engineers to stay solvent.

]]> By: toleman fan http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/the-wolff-at-the-door-and-the-real-story-of-paddy-lowe/#comment-138014 Sun, 27 Jan 2013 20:10:27 +0000 http://joesaward.wordpress.com/?p=11154#comment-138014 That depends a bit on what role Lauda ends up playing.

But the ambiguity of authority between Horner and Marko doesn’t seem to hurt too much (to my great surprise).,.

]]> By: JM Littman http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/the-wolff-at-the-door-and-the-real-story-of-paddy-lowe/#comment-137850 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 10:36:42 +0000 http://joesaward.wordpress.com/?p=11154#comment-137850 Great article Joe – you always provide a great breakdown and insight into the current news stories

]]> By: Eltjo Nieuwenhuis http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/the-wolff-at-the-door-and-the-real-story-of-paddy-lowe/#comment-137598 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:44:53 +0000 http://joesaward.wordpress.com/?p=11154#comment-137598 Haha, nice pitch for Astrill: “Imagine the horror of being stuck in Shanghai without Facebook òr Joe Saward.”

]]> By: Joe Saward http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/the-wolff-at-the-door-and-the-real-story-of-paddy-lowe/#comment-137549 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 12:05:36 +0000 http://joesaward.wordpress.com/?p=11154#comment-137549 I have noticed that in the past. Oh well, it all helps build business for the VPN companies.

]]> By: Eltjo Nieuwenhuis http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/the-wolff-at-the-door-and-the-real-story-of-paddy-lowe/#comment-137548 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 12:03:41 +0000 http://joesaward.wordpress.com/?p=11154#comment-137548 Great article. As a colleague, who now lives in Shanghai, I was surprised to see that the sites that get blocked her are:Facebook, a lot of Google stuff and you.
Unless reouted via VPN, you can’t be read here…. What did you do to the p…. these people off?
Keep up the good work, Eltjo

]]> By: 4u1e http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/the-wolff-at-the-door-and-the-real-story-of-paddy-lowe/#comment-137402 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:15:38 +0000 http://joesaward.wordpress.com/?p=11154#comment-137402 Of course the team, as opposed to the branding, isn’t really new at all. Technically it links back to the Tyrrell team (first entered F1 in 1968), but more realistically it started in 1999 as BAR. Mercedes bought a race-winning, world champion team…

]]> By: Andrew - Still Pi**ed off about Kubica http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/the-wolff-at-the-door-and-the-real-story-of-paddy-lowe/#comment-137389 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 19:18:32 +0000 http://joesaward.wordpress.com/?p=11154#comment-137389 He’s busy thinking about merchandising and building his franchise instead of racing. But if the young gun wants to take a shot at the Brass ring its his prerogative. If it pans out we’ll all be singing his praises and he will look very astute. Aren’t the young supposed to take chances?

]]> By: Joe Saward http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/the-wolff-at-the-door-and-the-real-story-of-paddy-lowe/#comment-137273 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:45:32 +0000 http://joesaward.wordpress.com/?p=11154#comment-137273 I don’t spend my life reading all the other websites. I leave that up to people who have time. If I had the same basic information as the BBC then Andrew B and I are on the same wavelength and have the same kind of sources. This is no great surprise as Andrew worked with me back in Autosport days, and I hope that I passed on good journalistic habits to him. I think he does a great job given the restraints that come with the BBC job. Obviously there are also advantages in his position, but that is true of all of our jobs, we all have to deal with things as best we can. What I wrote is the real story of what is happening – as best as I can discover it. Just because it was not as much as you wanted is not my problem.

]]> By: rmm http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2013/01/23/the-wolff-at-the-door-and-the-real-story-of-paddy-lowe/#comment-137257 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:08:07 +0000 http://joesaward.wordpress.com/?p=11154#comment-137257 But is a similar skill set to Paddy Lowe what McLaren need? (If they plan to keep a matrix management style of design. (A council of wise men* designing the car) are they going to catch the RB09?

* The cruel might call it a committee.

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