I, I get the, the measure you're trying to use in terms of number of upgrades, but I think
that list is so, deceiving in the fact that, you know, a floor fence counts the same as a
full floor. Yeah, yeah. Mm-hmm.
So there's so many caveats that go into just counting the number of
things that are upgraded. I think Mercedes have front-loaded it, and I
think that shows a confidence in their power unit in one, and their overall chassis design
because scoring points, you know, we had it for so many years at Force India, where having
a good, reliable car race one to four before people got on top of their reliability is
where we scored all our points.
There was many years that we got our P5 in the championship just in the first six races by
finishing the race at a reasonable position.
So the front-loading it bit I get.
Where the money lies, who knows?
You know, what they said to us is often not, what, you know, maybe he's counted for an
upgrade that is coming in Malaysia, like, like Harry says.
So I think the Mark have sort of put their money on, on, on the front end.
There are pros and cons to that.
Like I say, getting the points on the board early when other people are struggling is a
pro to that. Conversely then, you're not gathering the data
and learning about the aero development for the next six months when other people are.
So I think they've, you know, put their decision-making one way, and it will be
interesting to see if they can hold onto it.
And I think one of the difficulties for teams is actually because the calendar continues to
change, and we believe will continue to change with the ongoing situation in the Middle East,
it's hard for teams to decide, "Okay, should I put more emphasis on high-speed or low-speed
corners," for example, because you don't know what the makeup of tracks going forward is.
So that's been quite interesting, I'd say, balance in terms of where they prioritise
their upgrades in terms of overall car performance.