Yes, but not on a cold rainy night in Stoke.
- Login or Register
No account yet? Sign up
Discussorganic wrote: ↑22 Feb 2024, 20:25From McLaren team principal Andrea Stella:
McLaren had a small problem with the fuel tank today, but it has been resolved.
In terms of performance, the car is meeting expectations at the moment, nothing negative.
But Stella commented: "There is a car that has made a big step forward. Unfortunately, this is the fastest car from last year."
Nothing to discuss. All clearAR3-GP wrote: ↑22 Feb 2024, 20:29Discussorganic wrote: ↑22 Feb 2024, 20:25From McLaren team principal Andrea Stella:
McLaren had a small problem with the fuel tank today, but it has been resolved.
In terms of performance, the car is meeting expectations at the moment, nothing negative.
But Stella commented: "There is a car that has made a big step forward. Unfortunately, this is the fastest car from last year."
I didn't think the VCARB was that big of a step.AR3-GP wrote: ↑22 Feb 2024, 20:29Discussorganic wrote: ↑22 Feb 2024, 20:25From McLaren team principal Andrea Stella:
McLaren had a small problem with the fuel tank today, but it has been resolved.
In terms of performance, the car is meeting expectations at the moment, nothing negative.
But Stella commented: "There is a car that has made a big step forward. Unfortunately, this is the fastest car from last year."
https://www.gpblog.com/en/news/259570/f ... reful.htmlThe team did still find some weaknesses in the RB19, although our perspective may be different from Max's. Max is obviously a driver and feels things differently, although he has summed it up pretty well as yet," Waché said. He continued: "In 90-degree corners, we didn't prove to be the best team last year, as was evident during qualifying in Baku and Singapore. Those are things we ideally need to improve." Ultimately, for the Frenchman, it's about finding balance: "You can increase the potential of one part, but often that one adjustment also has a big impact on other parts of the car. So we have to be very careful, especially careful not to destroy what we had in terms of strengths with the RB19."
Verstappen confessed that he saw the first designs of the RB20 late last year. "I had already seen in Abu Dhabi what it would look like for the start of this season.
Translation might have made surprises there, feel free to fix. Pierre Waché goes into detail about Red Bull's new RB20 this season and confirms that there are already two big improvements planned for Japan, as well as for Imola, speaking to Julien Fébreau.
Julian: “Will the car be optimized and still almost visually different (in Japan)? »
Pierre: “A little bit different but the objective is not to be different, it’s to find performance. If we could hide all our developments that would be even better, but no, the objective is to unlock performance and we have this fairly aggressive side from the start of the season to correct the problems we have. »
Julian: “Have you scratched in the areas where you were weakest last year (going over the curbs, corners at low speeds) to improve this RB20? »
Pierre: “Overall, the objective was to improve the overall performance level of the RB19, particularly by focusing on low-speed corners. »
Julian: “At Mercedes, we estimate the Red Bull's lead over the Mercedes at between six tenths and one second, what do you say to that? »
Pierre: “I… I don’t know (laughs). The problem is that we know ourselves very well during the test, we know exactly what level of fuel we put in the car, what level of performance we have on the engine, we know all these aspects. , the others we don't know. I hope what they say is true but I'm not convinced. »
Julian: “All the other teams are watching you and looking at you, and then you move away, you do something else, do you also look at the others? I would particularly like to draw your attention to this new Mercedes spoiler. What do you think of this front spoiler? »
Pierre: “It's interesting. Indeed we look at the others, if we stay in our bubble we don't find other performance steps, so we look at the other solutions and we redevelop them and that's how it works in this business, that's how F1 works. Mercedes' solution is very visible and very interesting, we look at it. »
Julian: “What will make you happy in the Red Bull clan tonight or not? »
Pierre: “That the car turns correctly, that we understand the balance of the vehicle and how we can extract it and that our development plan that we are going to have for Suzuka and race seven (Imola) is in the right direction. »
Interview source?kediown wrote: ↑23 Feb 2024, 11:00Translation might have made surprises there, feel free to fix
Julian: “Will the car be optimized and still almost visually different (in Japan)? »
Pierre: “A little bit different but the objective is not to be different, it’s to find performance. If we could hide all our developments that would be even better, but no, the objective is to unlock performance and we have this fairly aggressive side from the start of the season to correct the problems we have. »
Julian: “Have you scratched in the areas where you were weakest last year (going over the curbs, corners at low speeds) to improve this RB20? »
Pierre: “Overall, the objective was to improve the overall performance level of the RB19, particularly by focusing on low-speed corners. »
Julian: “At Mercedes, we estimate the Red Bull's lead over the Mercedes at between six tenths and one second, what do you say to that? »
Pierre: “I… I don’t know (laughs). The problem is that we know ourselves very well during the test, we know exactly what level of fuel we put in the car, what level of performance we have on the engine, we know all these aspects. , the others we don't know. I hope what they say is true but I'm not convinced. »
Julian: “All the other teams are watching you and looking at you, and then you move away, you do something else, do you also look at the others? I would particularly like to draw your attention to this new Mercedes spoiler. What do you think of this front spoiler? »
Pierre: “It's interesting. Indeed we look at the others, if we stay in our bubble we don't find other performance steps, so we look at the other solutions and we redevelop them and that's how it works in this business, that's how F1 works. Mercedes' solution is very visible and very interesting, we look at it. »
Julian: “What will make you happy in the Red Bull clan tonight or not? »
Pierre: “That the car turns correctly, that we understand the balance of the vehicle and how we can extract it and that our development plan that we are going to have for Suzuka and race seven (Imola) is in the right direction. »
organic wrote: ↑23 Feb 2024, 11:04Interview source?kediown wrote: ↑23 Feb 2024, 11:00Translation might have made surprises there, feel free to fix
Julian: “Will the car be optimized and still almost visually different (in Japan)? »
Pierre: “A little bit different but the objective is not to be different, it’s to find performance. If we could hide all our developments that would be even better, but no, the objective is to unlock performance and we have this fairly aggressive side from the start of the season to correct the problems we have. »
Julian: “Have you scratched in the areas where you were weakest last year (going over the curbs, corners at low speeds) to improve this RB20? »
Pierre: “Overall, the objective was to improve the overall performance level of the RB19, particularly by focusing on low-speed corners. »
Julian: “At Mercedes, we estimate the Red Bull's lead over the Mercedes at between six tenths and one second, what do you say to that? »
Pierre: “I… I don’t know (laughs). The problem is that we know ourselves very well during the test, we know exactly what level of fuel we put in the car, what level of performance we have on the engine, we know all these aspects. , the others we don't know. I hope what they say is true but I'm not convinced. »
Julian: “All the other teams are watching you and looking at you, and then you move away, you do something else, do you also look at the others? I would particularly like to draw your attention to this new Mercedes spoiler. What do you think of this front spoiler? »
Pierre: “It's interesting. Indeed we look at the others, if we stay in our bubble we don't find other performance steps, so we look at the other solutions and we redevelop them and that's how it works in this business, that's how F1 works. Mercedes' solution is very visible and very interesting, we look at it. »
Julian: “What will make you happy in the Red Bull clan tonight or not? »
Pierre: “That the car turns correctly, that we understand the balance of the vehicle and how we can extract it and that our development plan that we are going to have for Suzuka and race seven (Imola) is in the right direction. »
I expected Suzuka and Imola. it makes sense.
. Pierre Waché goes into detail about Red Bull's new RB20 this season and confirms that there are already two big improvements planned for Japan, as well as for Imola, speaking to Julien Fébreau. 