Laurent Mekies

And that's what you need.

All the fast guys are like that.

You can also apply that to the team, you know, and there is no happy faces until you win the race.

And I think it's a little bit what you saw with Isaac.

At first, it's fair to say that it was the first qualifying of the year.

these cars are not exactly easy to drive or easy to manage.

And we are all learning a lot, teams, drivers, on how to deal with the first qualifying or the first lap to the grid or the first race start or the first battle.

And so it's quite a different situation compared to last year's qualifying sessions, where the drivers optimize

Run after run, you know, you get five or six runs in qualifying and you get to optimize and to get closer to the absolute perfect lap.

And you eventually get that perfect lap and it puts you to whatever position it puts you.

Nobody felt that in Melbourne.

Maybe the Mercedes drivers, but nobody else felt that in Melbourne.

It was a battle of learning.

laps after laps during quali, because we are all learning, teams, drivers, and I'm sure it didn't feel perfect for any of the guys out there.

And hence, what you saw from him after qualifying, apart because

As a competitive person, you are only going to be happy with the ultimate positions, and a part because it was a very different situation to last year and very far from ideal for everyone having to deal with the new regs.

You know, you cannot think that it is the same after 10 years in Formula One, four world titles, and your second year in Formula One, first year in the top.

You know, it cannot be the same.

You know, I would lie to you if I was telling you it's the same.

They, of course, describe the car with their own words and describe the balance with the same discipline, if it is what you're referring to.