NathanOlder wrote: ↑23 Dec 2020, 12:01
I can't believe a driver can have enough knowledge on the actual PU to make much difference. Plus Perez only drove for a customer team, so those Mercedes engineers at the back of the garage aren't exactly going to explain everything to him. They want info from him, not the other way round. If he drove for Mercedes then maybe a bit more, but not Racing Point. If he can tell the Honda engineers how to do anything, then they are not good enough for Honda.
I don't think Mercedes shares the working mechanisms and secrets of the PU even with their own drivers. Except the level of Competency, they wouldn't know a thing. Drivers are a moving commodity and as such, would mostly be kept out of inner sanctum of design offices. Being a driver in customer team, Perez wouldn't possibly know any details of the PU except for the drivability, fuel efficiency and surfacial stuff like that. He can provide a comparative feedback on the feel of two PUs though, once he drives.
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