If you have a fast car on Saturday, it doesn't really matter if you're really wearing out the tyres or just not fast on Sunday. So, that is clearly the priority: to find the pace on Sunday. It has been good in races this year, but it's been a little bit up and down. Too ...
“Getting the tyres in the right window was the main issue today. It was looking well until we got caught out with the conditions, it was raining and then when it started drying up we went onto the slick tyre, probably about half a lap too late. We couldn’t get track po...
“It was pretty good although we still didn’t maximize everything as that last set of tyres turned out to be a bit more difficult in terms of positioning – we had to abort one lap due to traffic and everything got a bit cold, which I didn’t want. I’m still very h...
LN:Carlos said it well. I think it's hard to know the exact difference between the tyres and just the car itself. I’d say the car changes and stiffnesses probably played a bigger factor in kerb riding and so on. But I'm hoping it's kind of similar to what it was, because I e...
Q: (Adam Cooper – motorsport.com) Question for Charles. You drove the 2024 no-blanket tyres in Barcelona last week. How did that test go? Are they raceable? The FIA has to make a decision in about six weeks on whether the ban goes ahead next year. Would you be happy if we had ...
Q: (Adam Cooper – motorsport.com) Question for Charles. You drove the 2024 no-blanket tyres in Barcelona last week. How did that test go? Are they raceable? The FIA has to make a decision in about six weeks on whether the ban goes ahead next year. Would you be happy if we had ...