I expect so, yeah. Very little is optimism from the team, very few changes made compared to last year it seems. According to Magnusen they tried improving their (horrendous) tyre wear and he felt it had gotten a bit better, so my prediction is they will now be slower on Saturdays but fall off less on Sundays. But seeing as everyone else (bar maybe Alpine?) has moved forward I think the end result will be they’re just consistently dead last now, instead of sometimes qualifying well.
Haas will be dead last at the start of the season, won’t they? Oof. Time for Hulk to seek a different seat.
Feel like that’s almost Haas’ business model, F1 is now more equitable so there’s less incentive to try as hard.
This is why they oppose Andretti. They would have had to put in work to finish 20th rather than 22nd.
I expect so, yeah. Very little is optimism from the team, very few changes made compared to last year it seems. According to Magnusen they tried improving their (horrendous) tyre wear and he felt it had gotten a bit better, so my prediction is they will now be slower on Saturdays but fall off less on Sundays. But seeing as everyone else (bar maybe Alpine?) has moved forward I think the end result will be they’re just consistently dead last now, instead of sometimes qualifying well.