the fact that I've never seen such a big event for an announcement does not mean it was wrong to do it, after all there ever existed such a successful F1 designer ? AM had plenty of right to do that.lio007 wrote: ↑13 Sep 2024, 17:04Typical media made-up - focus on two words... what's wrong with his statement? Have you ever seen such a big event (stream,...) for an announcement? You could get the impression AN had his first official day at AM.
As I mentioned before, the team is working FLAT OUT to bring solutions to the performance problems. The feeling is quite positive that they have an understanding of what is going on and how to address it. This floor patchwork is their best attempt at modifying an older floor with some aero solutions. If this goes well, then more updates will be trialed in Singapore as well (incremental steps). The final floor for Austin should take these learnings and implement them in a more permanent design solution.
So while I was previously a bit dismissive of this approach, after having some conversations, it seems there is a very targeted method to what they are doing. The FP1 feedback is very positive, which is a very good sign. Let’s see how things progress.
Yeah Marko said Baku they'd just run older specs. And that was what we all expected.. not this very interesting keel diffuser etc
From a commercial point of view and from team perspective I can understand CH's comment, as AN still gets money from Red Bull. I just criticize the event and not the announcement per se.Sergej wrote: ↑13 Sep 2024, 17:11the fact that I've never seen such a big event for an announcement does not mean it was wrong to do it, after all there ever existed such a successful F1 designer ? AM had plenty of right to do that.
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perez“I think overall we had a good day,” Verstappen said.
“We learned a few things. Now we have to look back at what we tried.
“But so far it seems like we are more competitive this weekend, so that’s positive.”
“It’s very slippery and there are a lot of 90-degree corners,” he explained.
“Sometimes you keep the brakes on as a precaution to avoid hitting the wall.
“Of course, FP2 was a bit more difficult for me. We need to get the balance a bit better and then I’m sure we can be competitive.”
“It was definitely a good, solid day,” said Perez after finishing just 0.006s back from Leclerc in FP2.
The Mexican is the only repeat winner at Baku and bettered Red Bull team-mate Verstappen by half a second after the Dutchman was quickest in FP1.
“We did good progress from FP1 to FP2, so we just have to make sure that we’re able to progress from here, the Mexican added.
“I think we can definitely be in the mix for tomorrow.
“I think we’re heading in the right direction, we’re finding that we can put a little bit more together the car.
“There’s still a long way to go, but it’s promising what we’ve seen so far.”
“I think tomorrow anything can happen, really, so we just have to keep our head down and hopefully deliver a great couple of laps,” he said. “Well, we only need one in Q3!”
Is there a light at the end of the tunnel...
