‘If we take the crash out of it, it’s been an excellent day’ – Permane

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AI GeneratedDespite a late crash involving Arvid, the team views the first day of track action as a success. The car showed significant improvement from FP1 to FP2, demonstrating pace capable of a top 10 or even top 7 qualifying position. Both drivers are performing well, and the team is confident in their ability to reach Q3.
So obviously, everyone's busy on the first day.
I know you had some mixed fortunes, obviously, with the crash there at the end for Arvid.
But how would you summarize the day as a whole?
Yeah, if we leave the crash out of it, it's been an absolutely excellent day.
Really, really has. The car's quick. We started off with a decent car.
Made some changes from FP1 to FP2 and really improved it; it now looks properly fast.
Certainly a top 10, maybe even top 7, qualifying car.
Yuki didn't have an easy time of it, but he's still in the top 10.
I think so, and in front of all our main competitors. So a really decent day.
So obviously, it sounded like strong positive momentum to carry into tomorrow.
How are you feeling about qualifying? Are you confident about getting both cars into Q3?
I think so. We'll have to see how FP3 goes, of course, but
I don't see any reason why we won't. Unless someone else finds something significant overnight,
I think we're pretty happy with our current position. There might be a bit of fine-tuning ahead of FP3.
But I don't see any reason why we shouldn't be confident about getting both cars into Q3.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
