gav Wrote:
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> Nick Wirth has shown that he can lead a team
> capable of making a cracking little car (look at
> the 1995 Simtek), so I've little doubt he's still
> a capable designer.
>
> Whether the CFD-only approach is/was right or not
> will be debated until a major team takes it on,
> but for the amount of money Virgin were apparently
> willing to spend, it was the only realistic option
> they had. If they're moving to a more traditional
> approach, they'll either have to pump more money
> into it for next year, or they're going to have to
> get lucky with the models they'll be taking into
> the wind tunnel.
>
> When it comes down to it, they're the only team
> without a major technical partner and they're
> skinflints in comparison to other teams. How could
> they be expecting to be any higher?
That Simtek was from 16 years ago and back then there was more leeway with cars and non-top teams could still surprise and show up in the front(ish). The matter of fact is that things just didn't work with the Virgin car though I hope their upgrade package that is meant to be coming in the next few months will actually work.