How do you replicate on our competitiveness on the Las Vegas Grand Prix?
Dan Fallows, Technical Director: “During the last couple of races, we have been experimenting with components on the automotive and we have discovered a very good envelope for the automotive to work in. Brazil and Las Vegas are two pretty completely different circuits, but we have managed to be comparatively aggressive at each. We’re happy to have discovered a happier place with the automotive.”
Lance recovered brilliantly from P19 to P5 and so did Fernando from a Flip One spin to complete P9. How do you price our drivers’ efficiency in Las Vegas?
DF: “It was a rare race. Going from Qualifying, the place we really believed we may have certified a bit higher than we did – we thought the tempo of the automotive was a bit stronger – to a race the place Fernando was successfully final by the primary nook – to show that round right into a double point-scoring result’s a rare effort from all people.
“The Security Automotive performed into our palms just a little bit, however the workforce took full benefit of the circumstances and the technique was on level. It was a flawless race from Lance; making it from the again row to the highest 5 was a formidable feat.”
As we strategy the ultimate race in Abu Dhabi, how do you replicate the arduous work and energy from everybody within the workforce, each trackside and on the AMR Expertise Campus?
DF: “It has been an enormous quantity of labor and we should not underestimate how tough it’s to begin the season with a powerful automotive and see the sphere catch up by the center of the season.
“Then, to seek out the reserves and motivation to reply and pull that again by the tip of the season speaks to our workforce’s expertise and resilience. That is a testomony to the large quantity of labor that folks have put in behind the scenes again on the Expertise Campus. We nonetheless have the starvation and motivation to safe these outcomes, and it has been an actual pleasure this season.
“That is additionally a very good indication that we’re in a stable place to develop and work in direction of our objective of combating for race wins within the years forward.”
In Abu Dhabi, we’re seeking to safe extra factors however we’re additionally within the operating for P4 within the Constructors’ Championship.
DF: “We are able to solely deal with ourselves and do the perfect job we will. I believe we have proved now with the final two races that we should not be fearful concerning the problem of Yas Marina Circuit. It is a circuit which may go well with a few of our rivals, however we have proved that we will additionally compete.
“It is very tight and that may play to our benefit as effectively. We have now to be able to make the most of any alternatives.”
How is improvement of subsequent yr’s automotive progressing?
DF: “We have accomplished numerous work on subsequent yr’s automotive. We have already launched among the primary elements for manufacturing, and we’re placing the ultimate touches to the aerodynamics bundle for launch.
“The work continues after that. We have now a winter shutdown developing quickly and we have now to account for that, however as quickly as we have the preliminary launch automotive out of the best way, it is full steam forward with the developments for subsequent season. It is continuous.”
Our driver line-up stays unchanged for 2024. How essential is that continuity?
DF: “It is actually essential for us. Lance and Fernando are getting the perfect out of the automotive in the intervening time and that is what we need to proceed to do.
“They have been pivotal in serving to us to know the place we took some missteps mid-season and the way we turned that round. Their suggestions has helped us determine the place the automotive was robust, the place it was weak and the way it may be can improved.
“Having them within the cockpit subsequent yr, having that continuity, is absolutely essential for the workforce when it comes to creating and understanding the automotive.”
Perception and Velocity with Cognizant
• Race interruptions: There have been three Security Vehicles within the final 5 races at Yas Marina Circuit, and three Digital Security Automotive deployments within the final 5 races – regardless of ample run-off all through a lot of the circuit.
• Overtaking: Two DRS zones between Turns 5 and Six and Turns Eight and 9 present loads of alternative for overtaking. Final yr, there have been 60 overtakes – greater than common.
• Technique: The C3, C4 and C5 tyres are allotted for this weekend’s race – the identical allocation because the Las Vegas Grand Prix. One- and two-stop methods and customary on the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The pit loss, at 22 seconds, is barely greater than the season common.
