Even with now eleven teams on the grid, Haas remain the smallest resource-wise. It means they believe the challenge posed to them by F1’s regulation reset is "bigger” than for any other team.
Fascinating stuff on the energy managment angle. The split from mid-2024 between current season development and 2026 prep shows the impossible resource juggle smaller teams deal with. Ocon's point about forgetting everything since go-karts is kinda wild when you think about muscle memory. Been around motorsport long enough to see how much driver adaptation matters in reg changes, and if the PU differentiator converges fast like De Zordo says, whoever nails aero dev velocity will pull ahead.
Absolutely! Very insightful comments from both Komatsu and De Zordo, but as you say, Ocon's feeling about how different the driving style will be points to maybe a bigger role for driver adaptation than had been anticipated!
Fascinating stuff on the energy managment angle. The split from mid-2024 between current season development and 2026 prep shows the impossible resource juggle smaller teams deal with. Ocon's point about forgetting everything since go-karts is kinda wild when you think about muscle memory. Been around motorsport long enough to see how much driver adaptation matters in reg changes, and if the PU differentiator converges fast like De Zordo says, whoever nails aero dev velocity will pull ahead.
Absolutely! Very insightful comments from both Komatsu and De Zordo, but as you say, Ocon's feeling about how different the driving style will be points to maybe a bigger role for driver adaptation than had been anticipated!