In Components 1, a driver’s crew mate is their largest rival. Every desires to beat the opposite, however in addition they want to attain most factors for his or her crew.
When crew mates work collectively, large rewards can comply with. However, after they conflict, it could get messy. On this episode of F1 Explains Kick Sauber’s Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu be a part of the podcast to debate how that dynamic works, and the pair give us an perception into their very own relationship on the crew.
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The duo have been crew mates since 2022 and so they inform hosts Christian Hewgill and Katie Osborne concerning the secrets and techniques of their relationship, how they assist one another, how they race one another on monitor, how they stability teamwork and rivalry in addition to how they determine who will get which aspect of the storage.
“I feel we make an excellent crew,” says Bottas. “I really feel like now we have good respect. We are able to actually work collectively by way of the set-up.
“We at all times wish to race, additionally towards one another. However on the similar time, we at all times know the precedence is to work collectively for the crew and get these factors.”
Zhou provides: “You are at all times one another. The principle factor is with the telemetry, with the info. There’s at all times issues you possibly can study out of your crew mate as a result of no driver is similar. Everyone has their strengths, their weaknesses.
“There may be at all times going to be a sure nook or space of the monitor that one of many drivers is quicker. After which, in fact, you try to decide up these issues and study and that means you possibly can each enhance.”
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