Laurent Mekies

You know, two races ago, we were questioning whether or not the engine would allow us to get out of the pit lane and compete decently.

Now we are in the fight.

We are last of that top teams group being fourth.

But it's too early to think about the championship, we think.

Yes, the gaps to Mercedes are very substantial.

You know, it's probably around one second a lap, which is, you know, huge in Formula One terms.

But we equally think that you will see the car changing a lot throughout the season, not just in Miami, but in the races after.

success or failure will be dictated by how quickly you bring your development and how successful those developments are.

It's not a given that all the steps that you are bringing to track will improve your car performance.

And therefore, it's going to be the result of that development race that will dictate which position we are shooting for.

You know, at first, you're right.

It's the biggest regulation change probably in the history of Formula One, at least in the modern history of Formula One.

And it's also on that very same year that we chose the, let me say, crazy challenge to go and build our own power unit.

And if you do that, you want to partner with the best.

And we are in a lucky position where we have managed to strike this strategic technical partnership with Ford.

in this crazy adventure of building from absolutely zero our own power unit, and we go together in these new regulations.

Look, they've been helping us on many different topics, and that list of topics is expanding every day.

But let me give you a couple of practical examples.

James' team have unique advanced manufacturing capabilities that we use to produce some of the most critical parts of our engine.

And not only are they able to...