The driver :
Sergej wrote: ↑20 Sep 2024, 17:20
Max on main concern is the grip
"
Less of a problem [handling the car] to be honest, I wasn't really struggling with the bumps and kerbs, just general grip."
The 'driver coach' :
Sergej wrote: ↑20 Sep 2024, 17:36
"Nothing works with Max's car. He has no grip on either the soft or the hard tyre
and has no balance at all.
The driver says there is no balance issue (handling) only the total grip is poor, while driver coach says total grip is poor AND balance is off. My understanding is that the word 'balance' refers to the relative grip difference between front and rear, and doesn't mean the 'total grip available' - for example 45:45 and 50:50 are both neutrally balanced, just that the latter case has more total grip.
Sergej wrote: ↑20 Sep 2024, 17:36
At the moment, I would say that the situation is very worrying. In any case, we have to try something drastic now. Let's see what we can try."
we have to try something drastic brace yourselves
I am starting to think whether Marko has some role in engg decisions, I hope not. Because over a long period of time, I have been tracking the 'tech' comments he makes about the car - all of them have been wrong, afaik.
Sergej wrote: ↑20 Sep 2024, 19:32
what should scary us is that they came in Singapore claiming "we understood what's wrong, path is right, we've something to try in Singapore" and then they are again lost; not that I was expecting to be ahead of McLaren/Ferrari here, but the comments from Marko and Max today are really worrying, and not for the Singapore GP, but for the Austin correction.
which team does this remind you of ?
