Laurent Mekies
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manufacture this part for us, but also they do it in less time than we would do otherwise.
And that gives us a crucial, you know, our business is a time to market business.
We call it a time to raise business.
And when we are able to manufacture complex components in a short amount of time at this incredible level of quality that we are looking for, that's a key competitive advantage.
You will have to bear with us a little bit.
The scale of the challenge is monumental.
We have started to design and build these engines in what was a field.
We've made the factory, we've bought the dyno, we've put together an unbelievable group of people and group of partners such as Jim and his team.
It will be foolish and naive to think that from the first day you are going to be at the same level than people that have been doing it for 90 years.
So bear with us.
It will give us a few sleepless nights.
It will give us a few headaches.
We feel we have the right people, the right tools, the right spirit.
across what Red Bull means and what Ford means will eventually come out of top, but the first few months will certainly be full of learnings.
Really, you know, it's not an issue today.
We are a global sport, as you have said.
We are enjoying racing in pretty much every part of the world, or nearly every part of the world.
We have incredible logistic capabilities, which is also something that we are brainstorming and exchanging with Jim and his team.
And these teams, together with the help of Formula One, makes it very, very smooth to go around.
And we back-to-back races from...