AR3-GP wrote: ↑06 Nov 2024, 23:53
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MV: Yeah, well, I mean, of course, that was important. I wanted to, of course, win a bit sooner. But yeah, it's been tough for us. We always kept pushing. We didn't really understand why the others were so fast in the race, especially. Yeah, I've been trying a lot of things to improve the car. And I mean, starting P17 this morning, didn't look like we were going to win the race again. So yeah, it's an incredible result for us. A massive boost for the team, because honestly, it's been tough. But it is also a big strength of the team to stay calm and just try to work on performance and try to improve our situation. And I'm confident. I'm confident for the last three races that we can fight again, and especially in the race that we will be more competitive.
Why? What does he know that we do not?
Mexico was one horrible demonstration of how bad the car is. They must have done something in the setup for Brazil, to make it understeer a bit less (proof that understeer was still present = T4 and T12 in the dry SQ and dry sprint) that made the car 'competitive' in the dry sprint on M tyres.
Question remains -> is the biggest weakness of the car, a.k.a performance on C1/C2/C3 (whatever becomes H depending on the grain & temp of the track) resolved ? That is the elephant in the room. It needn't be the 'fastest car' , atleast it needs to be a 'consistent' car with a relatively consistent pace gap w.r.t the McLaren, ON ALL TYRE COMPOUNDS.