AR3-GP wrote: ↑06 Nov 2025, 21:55
Xyz22 wrote: ↑06 Nov 2025, 21:33
RB had 0 infrastructure in place when Newey joined and, on top of what you already highlighted, there was a very mature regulation set at the time. Producing a competitive car was an impossible task in that context. The first big reg change, Newey immediately made a competitive car.
Once again i'm expecting AM to have a very strong chassis next year, especially when they will be able to make it lighter because i'm 100% sure Newey will decide to give priority to aero instead of weight.
Newey is, after all, both the greatest F1 chief designer and Technical Director of all time by a big margin.
I think you're over-simplifying the work. There's a long way between what's in Newey's head, and what gets out to the racetrack. What is the basis for "they'll have a very strong chassis next year"? With what simulator? What cooling technology? What gearbox? The aerodynamics department was just let go. I think you aren't listening to what Newey has been saying. He practically called the team Jaguar F1 and you think in 3 months' time anything will be "strong"?
I'm not impressed by what Lawrence did before Adrian arrived. He's hired all these big names that Adrian has since fired (Fallows, Blandin, the others). He's bought all this technology that Adrian said is useless in it's current state. This is a bigger challenge than I anticipated. I didn't realize that all Lawrence did was some window dressing to scare the other teams but little substance. Now Adrian is fixing what should have already been sorted before he arrived.
If it was already sorted and they were this bad then I’d be worried. Newey motivates the team and that’s been proven by Cowell saying his 2 year quip about the simulator was to give them a kick up the backside to do it faster and apparently it worked? Let’s see
