Ayao Komatsu
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And then once you put everything on the table, then at least that's the start that you can have a chance to solve it.
No, it was great to see him evolve in that way, actually.
You know, again, before, when we signed in Oli, right, lots of people asked me, like, oh, but how's having a good history about rookie drivers?
Is your team capable of, you know, developing a rookie driver?
I said, come on, you know, you cannot ban the rookie driver as one.
You got to look at individuals.
I had no doubt Oli Biermann, he had an amazing, amazing talent and potential.
So, and then I had the confidence that,
If we do it right, I knew we could do it.
We can develop him.
We can nurture the talent, etc.
So I had no doubt.
But then beginning of the season, again, unsurprisingly, he showed his brilliance in the speed.
But he made some mistakes, rookie mistakes, silly mistakes.
But then again, going back to having a hard conversation, you got to have those conversations.
Then set the expectation, right?
Why do we make those mistakes?
Why did you make that mistake?
you know, mistake or decision, wrong decision at those critical moments or non-critical moments.
So you got to be able to discuss those things and understand how we can do better in terms of his preparation, mental preparation, or how can teams help?