Scott Mitchell-Malm
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And he gave, I'll read the answer because I think it's quite illuminating on his mindset.
He said zero positives from this weekend.
We've been racing in very different circuits so far this year.
All of them clear for us.
In Australia, we found our engine was very down.
In China, we found our energy was very down.
In Monaco, we found our chassis is down.
In Canada or Miami, we found our gearbox was very bad.
So every circuit has exposed some of our weaknesses in the car.
So I think it's a weekend where the reality of the situation Aston Martin is in, that it's not just a Honda problem.
power problem there's a chassis weakness there's the gearbox weakness there's the drivability there's lots of different aspects to this Aston Martin thing so all eyes still on the upgrade that potential is coming for around spa time but an awful lot of work in the
Because today I owned an awful lot to chaos elsewhere and good circumstance the weekend where Fernando could put the effort in and take some risks and push on in a car that was pretty awful to drive most of the weekend.
I mean, I think a big overhaul of Monaco isn't going to happen.
Everyone accepts it pretty much for what it is, that it is Saturday afternoon.
And I don't find, I personally don't find Sundays to be appalling.
You've got the drama of the starts, there's the jeopardy aspects.
And I quite like some of the strategic elements of it too, that what happens when the gaps aren't big enough and the traffic and you're playing that game of...
pit stops and undercuts and overcuts and you know I was intrigued to see if Ferrari would try to play a game and do what you know try and get Kimi trapped behind one of them and then back him up and allow the other to escape so there are aspects to it I quite like
In terms of overtaking, it is very difficult, but I still think the most sensible solutions I've seen was 12 months ago, Alex Vertz just did a post on Instagram with a few tweaks to the harbourfront chicane, Rascasse, making it wider and tweaking.
I think even the Fairmont hairpin, just to...