Scott Mitchell-Malm

And Haas is a good example of that.

Started strongly in the midfield, good all-round car, better race car than the qualifying car.

was looking like a really solid kind of could fight for points on any kind of track.

So if he'd gone to...

to Saudi and Bahrain, you would expect Haas to be going into Miami with probably a buffer over the teams that have lower hanging fruit in the midfield.

And it'll be the same for Mercedes.

Mercedes has a very good advantage at the front.

That's clear.

It would be a surprise if somebody knocks Mercedes off its perch immediately in Miami.

But I think there is a...

There is at least some sincerity within Mercedes to the notion that they'll get caught at some point this season or the gap will be reduced significantly.

And what you don't want when you've got a car and an engine and a package like they've got at the moment is you don't want the margin eroded.

Like right now, it's just nice for them to know that even if they have a bad start, if this goes wrong, one of their cars will get back and win.

And so far, they have a better record than they don't at finishing first and second, even when the race doesn't go completely smoothly.

And if that margin gets eroded, then the task becomes harder.

What is interesting is anybody that's not planned, you know, like a transformational massive upgrade or loads of, you know, big new trick or following a big design trend or something like that.

So a Mercedes, a Haas, whatever.

What have they been working on and what have they been able to refine?

Because speaking of Haas, one thing that...

brake has afforded that team is right understanding why a front wing upgrade made a bigger impact than the team basically expected it to why did this work so well what did it teach them about car development how can they then refine that nicely to get even more out of it when the car runs again but also then what development path does it set the team down on and if you've got that little bit of lap time in the bank which is some lovely currency at this stage of the season maybe you