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Post-Race Analysis: 2016 Italian GP(9/16)
Post-Race Analysis: Italy(9/16)
YES YES YES. Kudos to Iker Vidal and the engineers and to the Rezzato Corsa team for building an illegal part. Vidal's first four laps were absolutely sensational. A total of nine overtakes put us in front of the runners on the hard compound and slowly brought us into P11 on the track with some nifty pitwork, tyre management and engine management.
We still lost some time on the track due to our tyre wear compared to the other teams, as some of them went hard -> medium and still finished with some rubber on the caucus... oh well, we can not change the chassis for this season anyways. The fact that we are starting so far behind is also a big reason why we have to claw and fight so hard, but that is the reality of our car performance.
The big news is that we scored a point in a dry race and there are some rainy days ahead... next stop, Spa-Francorchamp for the reworked Belgium GP... and as always in the Ardennen Forest, rain is in the forecast.
For our survival, we still have to push. The Thornton car is still ahead in raw pace, and the chance of them finding one or more points down the road is high. More points in Belgium would help us out there.
Development Report:
Not alot of progress will be made for Belgium as we only have two weeks time between Milan and Spa and will start building the final gearbox between the races. What will be going on is steady improvement of the reliability of our new brakes, and performance upgrades for the Whitehouse-special parts.
That also won't be finished before the race, but we have a way more solid base to work with now, and pushing the reliability of the new brakes will give us the option to strip additional weight out of them, pushing their performance a bit more still.
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