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I, I get the, the measure you're trying to use
in terms of number of upgrades, but I think

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that list is so, deceiving in the fact that,
you know, a floor fence counts the same as a

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full floor.
Yeah, yeah. Mm-hmm.

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So there's so many caveats that go
into just counting the number of

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things that are upgraded.
I think Mercedes have front-loaded it, and I

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think that shows a confidence in their power
unit in one, and their overall chassis design

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because scoring points, you know, we had it
for so many years at Force India, where having

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a good, reliable car race one to four before
people got on top of their reliability is

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where we scored all our points.

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There was many years that we got our P5 in the
championship just in the first six races by

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finishing the race at a reasonable position.

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So the front-loading it bit I get.

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Where the money lies, who knows?

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You know, what they said to us is often not,
what, you know, maybe he's counted for an

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upgrade that is coming in
Malaysia, like, like Harry says.

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So I think the Mark have sort of put
their money on, on, on the front end.

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There are pros and cons to that.

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Like I say, getting the points on the board
early when other people are struggling is a

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pro to that.
Conversely then, you're not gathering the data

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and learning about the aero development for
the next six months when other people are.

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So I think they've, you know, put their
decision-making one way, and it will be

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interesting to see if they can hold onto it.

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And I think one of the difficulties for teams
is actually because the calendar continues to

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change, and we believe will continue to change
with the ongoing situation in the Middle East,

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it's hard for teams to decide, "Okay, should
I put more emphasis on high-speed or low-speed

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corners," for example, because you don't know
what the makeup of tracks going forward is.

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So that's been quite interesting, I'd say,
balance in terms of where they prioritise

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their upgrades in terms of overall car
performance.