00:00 [Car sounds]
00:04 Yeah, the new car looks great.
00:14 Obviously, it's always a very special emotion to see the new car for the first time
00:19 as it's so many months of hard work here at the factory,
00:24 discussions back and forth with the engineers
00:28 just to finally see the end and to see the final product, the final car
00:35 just in front of my eyes feels amazing.
00:38 So, the colours are nice, there's a bit more yellow
00:42 and obviously we still keep the red, so I'm really happy with that.
00:46 On the simulator, the feeling is good.
00:54 The car is definitely a step forward compared to last year.
00:59 We've been focusing on the main weaknesses we had last year, as we do every year.
01:05 And for now, the car and the simulator have been reacting extremely well.
01:09 But there's obviously another important part to all of this,
01:12 is how much it correlates to then the real car once we put it in Bahrain
01:17 for the first time on the track.
01:19 So, this will be a crucial moment.
01:22 That will tell us whether we did a good job for this season.
01:26 But until now, so far so good
01:29 and everything we've tested on the simulator was positive.
01:32 I think last year was a very difficult season for the team.
01:40 However, we have worked extremely well
01:42 and it was very clear the direction in which we needed to work
01:48 in order to achieve better results this year.
01:51 And I'm sure that the team has done a great job.
01:54 So, the few difficulties that we encountered during '23,
02:00 I'm confident that they will not be there in '24 anymore.
02:04 And that should be a good sign.
02:06 I think the main area where we had to work on
02:13 was the sensitivity to the change of conditions.
02:17 We had a very peaky car last year,
02:20 where it was very strong whenever we had all the perfect conditions.
02:24 But whenever one of these factors,
02:26 whether it's temperature, wind, speed, force or direction,
02:32 it will have a huge impact on our car.
02:35 And this, we wanted to change it for this car,
02:38 for it to make it better and easier to drive,
02:41 as it was very difficult whenever it was windy conditions.
02:45 And this is something that I would like to see changed for this year.
02:50 It's always impossible to predict
02:52 whether we will be closer to our main competitors or not.
02:56 Formula 1 is obviously a relative sport,
03:00 but at the same time we are focusing on ourselves.
03:03 And from one year to the other,
03:05 we always try to look at what we can do better as a team
03:08 without focusing too much on the others.
03:11 We don't know where the others are at in terms of development,
03:14 but we are very confident that we will be able to do better.
03:18 So we will have to wait for the real first laps
03:23 before judging where exactly we are.
03:26 Thank you. Thank you for the continuous support
03:34 you've been giving me and the team during all those years.
03:38 We've had very good years, we've had years that were more difficult,
03:42 but one thing that never changes is your support towards us.
03:46 And this helps us a lot, so just a big thank you to always be there.
03:50 And I really hope that the car this year will give us and you more satisfaction
03:57 with hopefully many more wins and more podiums.
04:00 See you on track.
04:01 [END]
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