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Originally Posted by M5Rick
It turned out that to make the 18 quicker in reducing weight to get near the allowed minimum weight has had an adverse effect on Checo with a more skittish car that Max controls with quick intputs that doesn't agree with Checo, so a slightly different set up is needed for car 11 to keep him on track.
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Definitely and not only were they able to just lose weight but they were also able to redistribute a bit as desired to get to that pointy car that Max thrives in. I do not think that it as slowed Checo down per se - more that he has not been able to progress with that evolution like Max can. Also both Fer & Merc have gotten faster while Per has been fairly stagnant. A bit counterintuitive to remove some potential in one of their cars but I agree that is likely what will be needed to bring Checo back to being competitive for P2 more often that not again. Not sure RBR will want to do that or not as it will remove some valuable data that they use for the lead car. Maybe a year that doesn't require as much intensive development like a first year will allow them some time and budget room to explore this.