00:00Okay.
00:45I think our ambitions coming into this race are a little different, we're knitting together
00:52a chassis and a powertrain team for the first time, we've launched so many new initiatives
00:58over the winter, so much new equipment, so many new things to bed in and get used to, the
01:04team has to work with each other, build its strength, build its confidence together, so
01:08I think we're very much internally focused this weekend on trying to achieve the cleanest
01:12race weekend that we can, it's a massive weekend for us, it's the first race for the Audi Revolut
01:18Formula 1 team, it still makes the hair stand on the back of my neck talking about that
01:23and you know, we're starting from a humble beginning, but we've got very much the future
01:29in our sights.
01:35Salva gave us this incredible foundation, but it was a small team and we're a large team
01:41with big ambitions, so we started from a good place, but if you look at the established teams,
01:47what they achieve year in year out, the domination at the top of the sport, where we need to be,
01:52I think we're in a good starting place for that, you know, but it's a journey, and it's
01:57a journey that Audi are on board with, it's been part of our messaging from the beginning,
02:01to be a challenger, then competitor, and then champion.
02:40I think new regulations bring new opportunity.
02:47It's also brought Audi into the sport.
02:50It's brought Cadillac into the sport.
02:52It's brought all of these other new PU manufacturers into the sport, which is incredible.
02:56And of course, it mixes up the status quo.
02:59It changes pecking order.
03:02And it's going to be fascinating to see that.
03:04And honestly, we might have our assumptions.
03:06We all do our work trying to work out where everyone is in terms of their competition.
03:11We're not really going to know until qualifying.
03:13And we won't get a really good idea for two or three races who has a car capable of winning
03:19a world championship.
03:35And at the moment, the gap between the front and the back of the grid is quite significant.
03:40So, you know, points, it's our dream to score points at every opportunity.
03:45What we mustn't do is, if we're in a position to score them, to fail to do so.
03:50Scars on earth, you know, doing what I always dreamed of since, you know, super young ages.
03:55But, yeah, there's a lot of prep, you know, all the, in the factory, backing, it's a little bit more
04:01complicated.
04:02There is a lot of factors involved.
04:04We don't have...
04:16So, this new generation of Formula One cars is incredibly complicated.
04:21The way it recovers energy around the track is strategic.
04:25And the brightest drivers, obviously, find the best ways of doing that and getting the most performance out of their
04:31car.
04:32Now, with Gabby and Nico, we have this incredible duo.
04:36They're fantastic to work with.
04:38Nico has this incredible experience.
04:40He's calm about him.
04:42He's been there, seen it, done it.
04:44And he brings a stability.
04:45And Gabby's learning from that.
04:47He's learning what a professional Formula One driver, the way they approach every challenge they face over the course of
04:55a season.
04:56And Gabby, again, his work ethic has been incredible.
05:18Demonstrates to him.
05:19I don't know what she'd like to do.
05:23So, thank you.
05:29I will be here.
05:29You
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