renault rs26 wrote: ↑18 May 2024, 15:33
jofs89 wrote: ↑18 May 2024, 13:43
OnEcRiTiCaL wrote: ↑18 May 2024, 13:38
Sure they can,the real question is they have new parts or Alonso have to drive the old car.
To be honest, it might not be a bad exercise to run the old car to see if the new one is an improvement. I think they have to go back to testing mode to actually really get to the bottom of making these tyres work imo.
What about upgrades are improvement but other's updated are even better?
Yes, that's probably the case. But they are clearly not as effective as intended. They have gone backwards relative to the field having upgraded the car the most out of anyone.
I'm confident they can turn it around. They clearly have good people, plenty of financial backing, great new facilities etc. but they have to get to the bottom of it asap or the season is a write off. They are running out of excuses ( moving factory, last years TDs etc). I'm not bashing them, I think they'll get there but everything should now go into understanding the tyres IMO, I wouldn't worry about any major upgrades until they have that understanding as there is clearly a simulation/ correlation issue. Similar to what they did near the end of last year, just run some open R&D, testing sessions.
Now Alonso is p19 they might as well use this weekend as a test session IMO.
