Sebastian Vettel in a Red Bull car has taken the 2011 F1 World Championship by storm. This makes it his second Championship, making it two in a row. This confirms his dominance in the F1 Motor Sport. What has happened to the McLaren F1 Team? In 2011, they struggled in testing and in the start [...]
F1 as I see it and a Comment on McLaren F1
Sebastian Vettel in a Red Bull car has taken the 2011 F1 World Championship by storm. This makes it his second Championship, making it two in a row. This confirms his dominance in the F1 Motor Sport.
What has happened to the McLaren F1 Team?
In 2011, they struggled in testing and in the start of the season. In 2010, they also had serious delays at the start season. In both years, there were big changes in the regulations in the car design.
In the 2011 season, the McLaren cars lacked pace compared to the Red Bulls BUT, as the season got on, they were of a more equal match.
In the first 10 races, Vettel (Red Bull) had won 6, Hamilton (McLaren) 2, Button (McLaren) 1 and Alonso (Ferrari) 1.
This shows the dominance of Vettel driving a Red Bull and the lack of competition from both McLaren and Ferrari.
As I had stated in a previous blog, the McLaren F1 building has a circular design. Based on Feng Shui interpretations, there will be inherent delays in the products coming from this building. This has been shown in the results of the 2010 and 2011 seasons.
McLaren has a reputation for their technical and organisational ability and they catch up as the season goes on. However, in the 2011 season, Vettel had already sewn up the championship before McLaren had got up to speed. In other words, the champion was already in Vettel’s bag when McLaren “woke up.”
The 2012 season will have the minimal of changes in the Regulations.
McLaren want quick start to 2012, says Martin Whitmarsh
McLaren will therefore, have lesser delays than the previous seasons. I look forward to a more competitive season where both McLaren and Ferrari will be challenging the pace of the Red Bulls of Vettel and Weber from the start of the season.
Secondly, the early lack of pace in the McLaren Cars have been one of the causes of the frustration in Hamilton. Hamilton does not react well to the lack of pace of the cars.
McLaren F1 - orange lights signifying VICTORY
I look forward to a more productive start for the 2012 season for McLaren F1 team which are based in my home town of Woking in Surrey.
Good Luck McLaren.
Steve Jobs stepped down as CEO of Apple citing ill health in August 2011. There were accolades in the media for his work at Apple. A company that he started .twice!. What is so extraordinary about Steve? He did not have any qualifications or specialism – he was not a hardware engineer nor was he [...]
Steve Jobs stepped down as CEO of Apple citing ill health in August 2011. There were accolades in the media for his work at Apple. A company that he started .twice!. What is so extraordinary about Steve?
He did not have any qualifications or specialism – he was not a hardware engineer nor was he a software engineer. He was not chained to either. He was a technologist visionary. He could see the big picture where others were stuck in the detail.
I have written about him previously and have considerable respect for him and his work.
Comment: “Steve Jobs, Apple’s chief executive, has been voted the CEO of the decade by Fortune magazine.”
Jobs started Apple twice. The first time with Steve Wozniak in the 1970s and the second time when it had problems in 1998. He now leaves Apple the largest company by stock market valuation (larger than Exxon/Mobil). Isn’t this the dream that every founder wants – retire when your company is on a high?
Apple is in now leading the field in personal technology. As he retires, I am sure that he has already laid the ground work for future generations of products. His successor, Tim Cook, excels in getting the product to market efficiently and effectively.
Some observations of Steve Jobs.
1. Apple concentrates of specific areas. They do it very well. Also, they bring it to market very quickly, That is their speciality. They do not grab any opportunity. In the PC/windows, there are lots of good but also bad areas,
2. Jobs was driven my passion and not financial success. This passion is reflected in his products which people LOVE. In return, he gets the passion and Love from his customers. They not only adore his products they buy them in droves.
3. It is Jobs vision in the application of this technology. Hence his successes in Movies (Pixar) and music (iTunes).
4. Apple do not use Focus Groups in the design of new products. Steve Jobs uses Apple Staff who use the technology already. They are the best persons to give informed opinions. KISS (Keep it simple)
5. Apple products are designed to be used – its designs are intuitive enough so that so no user guide is supplied. Should you require help, there is a superb after sales including their Genius Bar.
6. Jobs vision in the technology field has led Apple to dominate scene with the next generation of technologies – the tablet (iPad) and the smartphone (iPhone) and now the fading star – the music player (iPod). It goes to show, Microsoft had recognised that the tablet is the next generation of computing but after decades or work, it is Apple that is dominating the tablet market with the iPad.
7. One of the most inspiration quotes that I have read.
“Our time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.”
8. One of the most inspiration videos that I have seen. Steve Jobs: How to live before you die
I will be posting a feng shui analysis of the current Apple Campus. A feng shui analysis of the future Apple Campus has been posted
I am sure, he will be appearing in future Apple presentation. This is not the last of the Apple co-founder.
Steve Jobs – Technologist Extraordinaire
(c) Copyright – Dr Michael Oon. All Rights Reserved Worldwide 2011.
There were 2 TV documentaries on BBCtv on the Chaos Theory. This is excellent television – bringing complex science to the public and doing it well. The programmes were: Jim Al-Khalili – The Secret Life of Chaos Marcus de Sautoy – The Code. [...]
There were 2 TV documentaries on BBCtv on the Chaos Theory. This is excellent television – bringing complex science to the public and doing it well.
The programmes were:
Professor Jim Al Khalili
Jim Al-Khalili – The Secret Life of Chaos
Professor Marcus du Sautoy
Each has a different view point on Chaos Theory.
What is Chaos theory?
Chaos theory is a study of the mathematics of the dynamic systems found in natural processes (Nature) – physics, economics, weather, biology etc. The start the process is of known numbers but the result can be so different. It depends so much on the initial conditions.
This is so different from the laws devised by Newton where the results were predictable as calculations were linear. Chaos theory explains many “unexpected” occurrences in Nature accurately.
What is the point of this post?
Jim Al-Khalili looks into this subject from the outside. He is very good in explaining the subject to a person curious about Chaos theory. Jim communicates this subject well.
Marcus approach is so different. He lives and breathes this subject and his passion shows. He is the “go-to” person for Chaos Theory.
Therefore, if I wanted to know more about the subject, I would attend a lecture from Jim Al-Khalili. However, if I wanted to be student or researcher of Chaos Theory, I would go and learn it from Marcus du Sautoy.
The main point of this post is where do you get your knowledge from? If you want to understand the subject, you learn it from a teacher,
If you want to research or practise the knowledge, go and learn it from a research or practitioner. The information, attitudes, passion and procedures are different, in fact, so vastly different.
A good teacher might not be a good practitioner. He might be a good communicator. A good practitioner might not be a good teacher, but he knows how to use and apply the knowledge.
(c) Copyright – Dr Michael Oon. All Rights Reserved Worldwide 2011.
