Darth-Piekus wrote: ↑14 Feb 2024, 15:16
CjC wrote: ↑14 Feb 2024, 15:03
Emag wrote: ↑14 Feb 2024, 13:31
Well if you consider what Stella said during the off season… that they expect to see the the launch car to give them same the step in performance that the Austria and Singapore upgrades brought then you are correct with the assumption that it could just be a race weekend upgrade.
He also said today that not all the development made it to the launch spec… so is it a case of we’ll see the ‘real’ Mcl38 a few races into the season… again.
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I cant say I like what Stella said. Shouldnt the launch spec car be fully ready unless the launch spec is ready and he means about the upgrade package. If the team wants to make the next step and getting some wins they need to be fast from the get go.
The way it works in F1 is that your development package is planned in over the year.
It has always worked this way, it is not feasible to do one batch of development and thats it.
How can you know what your next step will be without data, doing it this way is normal and a positive thing, it means each step is verified and the foundation for the next idea/iteration has stronger foundations given the newly established baselines.