There's no such thing as a bad F1 team
Amid all the moaning, one thing has been badly overlooked this year, argues EDD STRAW. Considering where the 2014 car/engine packages started, progress has been astonishing since then.
Sixty-four days ago, the first pre-season Formula 1 test got underway at Jerez. On that Tuesday in January any idea that in less than two months, these cars would have been even remotely capable of contesting a grand prix seemed absurd.
Ten cars were hoping to run at Jerez that day, but only eight managed it (Marussia and McLaren proved not to be ready). In total, those eight cars managed a grand total of 93 laps, some of them sounding like a bag of rusty nails on the rare occasions they ventured out.
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