“We’re literally just trying to make sure that we’re learning our processes in the car. With every lap and every session that I get, I’m learning more about the car, getting more and more comfortable with the completely different control systems that we have.
“I’m still in the learning phase of understanding the rear suspension, the front suspension, all the different settings that they have for those, and the terminology that they use for them as well. My engineer and I are also learning how we both like to work, in terms of communication.
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“After every session, every time I go out basically, we come back in and we’re making adjustments to the information I give him and vice versa. I think it’s on plan. We couldn’t be further ahead with the short space of time that we’ve had.
“I’ve been really looking into the previous great drivers that came along, such as Sebastian [Vettel] and Fernando [Alonso], who started much earlier than me, in November, for example, so we’ve done a lot in that small period of time that we’ve had. I think it’s been great and really well reciprocated on both sides.”
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