(GMM) Norbert Haug reckons 'bad luck' has little to do with Mercedes' poor engine reliability in 2005.
After yet another failure in practice, and ten-grid demotion, for McLaren driver Kimi Raikkonen at Suzuka, the silver carmaker's competition director apologised to the team.
''We are just not good enough,'' Haug said.
''Nobody has changed engines as much as us, (so) we have to say sorry to the guys. Nobody is leaning back and thinking we are almost there.''
McLaren tester Pedro de la Rosa also weighed in on the issue, agreeing that team mistakes - not bad luck - put Raikkonen out of the title race.
''Unfortunately most of the failures have been due to mistakes in quality control,'' the Spaniard told 'AS'.
Written: Sun, 09 Oct 2005 08:07:27
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