The overall rating is positive. He admits that it is "one step ahead," but he has reservations. Carlos said he saw room for improvement in slow corners. Lando doesn't get that far in detail, but admits it's not the perfect car. The team has already said it will introduce many improvements before hostilities begin, so everything can change.
"There are many things that we can improve. The car has many new things. Many things have changed since last year and we are understanding them to try to improve in the face of Australia. It is fine, but it was not exultant with the car. There are things that I would like to improve for tomorrow and next week, but it is fine for a training day, "he said when getting out of the car.
"I don't know what times we did last year. If we compare it, there are some things that are a little better in handling and other things that feel a little worse. But that's what training weeks are for. I trust that in the end everything it looks better. It has gone well in terms of reliability, but there are always things you can improve. "
"I feel more comfortable in the car. It behaves a little differently, but in some things it is also similar to 2019. It is not the perfect car. There are many things we can improve for tomorrow, but I feel much more confident than the last season at this point. "
"It is a good step forward compared to last year. Aerodynamics in the morning and then long runs with a lot of fuel. Things that are not so much for the team, but are more for my piloting and my learning. It is the area where I have to improve more. By doing so, I can learn a lot. We have not rolled with little fuel. "
Norris has not entered to value the competitiveness of the Racing Point RP20, which is one of the sensations of the preseason. Some already refer to him as the ‘Pink Mercedes’, because of its similarity to the 2019 car. McLaren Briton explains that it makes little sense to lose energy before Australia.
"They are very fast. You see the times of the rest and they seem fast, but last year we thought the same thing and then, in the first race, we did much better than we expected. It depends on how much others want to play. We we focus on ourselves and fulfill our work program. "
Yes the Mercedes DAS has caught his attention, although there was still no time to find out how it works.
"I have seen it on television and for a moment it has been hard for me to know if what I was seeing was real. It is good to see things like that, to see that people still invent this kind of thing. We do not have it, so maybe it is something in what we can work on. We'll see. I don't know what it does. I'm sure it's there for a good reason. We're getting there, making small improvements and focusing on ourselves, which is the important thing. "
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