The team made some much-needed changes at the Monaco Grand Prix, as they brought in a circuit-specific, high-downforce rear wing, a new floor body, and a front wing in Russell's car, but not in Hamilton's car.
"We're looking at the race volume of that wing in Montreal [for the next Grand Prix] and normally you'd say the race volume is at least three because you have one for each car and then one wing if anything happens. But you have an extra one available.”
"We don't build three at a time. We build the first, then the second, then the third. The result was that we had one that we could bring to Monaco and have it ready for the weekend on Friday," said the team's said Andrew Shovlin, trackside engineering director.He revealed that it was Hamilton's decision to let George use the upgrade at the Monaco Grand Prix and further added that they can be optional when it comes to solo updates.
"Lewis said, 'If we're going to start doing this where we haven't got enough parts, let George drive it in Monaco, there will be races in the future where we will have the same update and, of course, we Will take an alternative bus from here. But Lewis made that decision quite simple for us,' he added
George Russell finished fifth in the race, ahead of Max Verstappen, while Hamilton finished seventh at a circuit that is historically considered one of the most challenging tracks on the F1 calendar. Shovlin further said that they will monitor how the upgrades work at the upcoming Montreal and Barcelona Grands Prix.
“One of the reasons why teams do not generally bring updated kit to Monaco is the very low-speed nature of the circuit.The fact that it's so busy, such a short distance away makes it very hard to really evaluate anything.
“All the data we've seen says it was delivering performance, it was delivering benefits in terms of how the car felt. George was happy with this, and felt it was a step in the right direction.
He concluded, "We're happy with what we've seen to date, but we'll learn more in Montreal and then especially when you get to a track like Barcelona with the wide corner speed limits, you'll really know about it." Can start learning." .
"We're looking at the race volume of that wing in Montreal [for the next Grand Prix] and normally you'd say the race volume is at least three because you have one for each car and then one wing if anything happens. But you have an extra one available.”
"We don't build three at a time. We build the first, then the second, then the third. The result was that we had one that we could bring to Monaco and have it ready for the weekend on Friday," said the team's said Andrew Shovlin, trackside engineering director.He revealed that it was Hamilton's decision to let George use the upgrade at the Monaco Grand Prix and further added that they can be optional when it comes to solo updates.
"Lewis said, 'If we're going to start doing this where we haven't got enough parts, let George drive it in Monaco, there will be races in the future where we will have the same update and, of course, we Will take an alternative bus from here. But Lewis made that decision quite simple for us,' he added
George Russell finished fifth in the race, ahead of Max Verstappen, while Hamilton finished seventh at a circuit that is historically considered one of the most challenging tracks on the F1 calendar. Shovlin further said that they will monitor how the upgrades work at the upcoming Montreal and Barcelona Grands Prix.
“One of the reasons why teams do not generally bring updated kit to Monaco is the very low-speed nature of the circuit.The fact that it's so busy, such a short distance away makes it very hard to really evaluate anything.
“All the data we've seen says it was delivering performance, it was delivering benefits in terms of how the car felt. George was happy with this, and felt it was a step in the right direction.
He concluded, "We're happy with what we've seen to date, but we'll learn more in Montreal and then especially when you get to a track like Barcelona with the wide corner speed limits, you'll really know about it." Can start learning." .
