Kevin Magnussen says that even if the old package was inherently “faster,” the new package has advantages that need to be addressed.
The idea was that Magnussen wanted to use the old spec, but the Danes decided to do so because Haas wanted to run experiments in parallel and clearly find something that could take both out. clarified. specification.
He thought one race was enough for the experiment, but he completed a second race for his team. “I think we learned that it’s good to get course information from this type of car,” Magnussen said. “It hasn’t gotten better, but I think it was good to run the two cars side by side in a few races.”
“I probably only wanted one race and then I would have gone back to my previous races. But that wasn’t logically possible. I think I took it for the (Abu Dhabi) team .But I’m glad we did it and I’m looking forward to next year,” Magnussen summed up, explaining that he doesn’t expect to take the big steps already seen in Las Vegas.
However, considering Magnussen beat Nico Hulkenberg in qualifying in Las Vegas and narrowly won in Abu Dhabi, he feels the new specs have some benefits. “Believe it or not, we did not expect the situation to improve,” he said. “I’d be lying if I said I was expecting the unexpected. That didn’t happen.
“It was as expected. We learned a lot. Both Nico and I had a good feel for the concept of the car. There were some interesting points, such as the consistency of the front end. Downforce was significantly reduced with this setup/concept, the fact that I qualified ahead of him in Las Vegas and not that far ahead of him in Abu Dhabi, and the downforce that is missing from this package. Considering the amount of force, some parts are good.
“We can work on this and we hope we can take a big step forward next year,” Magnussen summed up, adding that older cars were simply “faster” to drive, even if they weren’t 100% comfortable. ” he declared. He definitely felt better with the new equipment, but he knew it wasn’t going to make a huge difference and it was more about comfort.
“The feeling itself is better with something new,” Magnussen said. “I’ve been struggling with old cars all year. I especially struggled with this one. Then I got this new car, which was a big help. When Nico and I took it for a ride, I seemed more satisfied with it than he was. He reverted to the old spec, but I continued using the new spec just to collect this data. It really was. I think the old packaging was a little better, but that was more for my ego than anything else. ”
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