PRESS RELEASE.
Fabienne Racing has taken note of the statements made by Shintaro Orihara, Honda’s chief engineer, after the Singapore Grand Prix. Fernando Alonso’s turbo was replaced, and both Aston Martins started from the pit lane after changes made under parc fermé. Alonso finished 16th.
Alonso says: “The turbo on Saturday was broken and had to be replaced, whatever happened.” Honda replies: “It wasn’t broken.” The team does note the engineer’s next sentence: “The driver is the best sensor, so we decided to replace the part based on his comments.”
“That’s been our philosophy since day one,” says the team principal. “When Florian says the kart pulls left, our technical partner, my brother-in-law’s garage, changes the part. Then we look. Often, it was pulling right. But we listened to the sensor.”
The team also welcomes the analysis planned at Sakura before Austin. At Fabienne Racing, the analysis centre is the gazebo, open on Sunday evenings under a head torch.
At the marshals’ post, a sensor that talks is called Jean-Luc. We listen to him. We check anyway.
“We maximised our package,” the team principal concludes. “And our sensor is twenty-three and available.”
About Fabienne Racing: one driver, one kart, one Dacia, one project.
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