![]() There is a significant lead time between coming up with an upgrade idea and putting it on the car because there are also the design and testing processes as well as making the components. Lewis Hamilton and team principal Toto Wolff commented as early as in Bahrain that this was not the right direction for the car, and it became a waiting game for upgrades - which are coming this weekend at Imola. It’s expected that they are moving away from the car design concept they carried over from last season, a year where the Silver Arrows finished third (with 515 points) after winning eight straight constructors’ championships. The biggest name everyone is buzzing about right now is Mercedes. Who seems most poised to improve dramatically by the next race? – Caitlin S. ![]() Many teams are about to upgrade their cars with substantial upgrade packages. The Frenchman arguably has continued to improve and mature since his Red Bull stint and has already been a top-10 threat more consistently with Alpine this season than AlphaTauri last year. It boils down to how a driver can adapt to the car and how the setup is tweaked to the driver’s preference. ![]() When looking at a mid-pack driver like Pierre Gasly (who also has Red Bull experience), the same argument can be made for regular points contention but further up the grid. On some tracks, position placement is critical. One of his strengths is his qualifying speed. Bahrain is a track he competed in F2, and a few months ago, Sargeant qualified in P16 and finished 12th. Looking at Logan Sargeant, I feel he would be in points contention at tracks he’s familiar with if he drove the RB19. There’s no doubt that the RB19 is a strong car this season. This is a great one because it ties into an overarching F1 question: how much of the performance is car- and driver-related? Our team wants to look into it more over the coming weeks and months. If you put Logan Sargeant in an RB19, how would he fare? What about a mid-pack driver like Pierre Gasly? – Ben G. ![]() Questions have been edited for length and clarity. F1’s Emilia Romagna GP cancelled due to flooding in Italy
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