Rob Smedley
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So those two things will maintain their advantage on the powertrain side.
There is, if you're so far behind, there are tokens that you can now have.
to redevelop and maybe even some headroom on cost cap.
I don't know the rules that well.
I need to ask that question.
But you got to be two or four or more percent behind for that to happen.
And I think there's talk now of Mercedes not showing their true hand so that Ferrari are still within that 2% so they don't get any further development tokens.
Yeah, yeah, but for sure, it becomes like this is what... But this is the first time ever, this kind of rule set.
And the guy up front for sure is going to say, they're not that far behind.
It's definitely different.
And for me, what they got to fix is...
You want to see drivers drive at the limit.
And I don't think with the formula we have today, they're driving at the limit the entire time.
There are times where you're saving battery because that's the quickest way to the end.
And I don't know if they've broken it, but it's not what it used to be.
But definitely in qualifying.
No.
And the race, not even the race either.
And yes, there are times where, you know, if you ran a little bit less fuel, your lap time was better.
So you'd run a little bit left.