• Rheinish@lemmy.world
    2·
    4 days ago

    I don’t understand the need for secrecy. Everyone they would need to keep things secret from is on the track with them.

    • ohulancutash@feddit.ukEnglish
      5·
      4 days ago

      Teams don’t want reliability issues making a public spectacle. The second test will be shown live in its entirety.

    • Danitos@reddthat.com
      2·
      4 days ago

      IMO, it’s not secrecy with other teams, is with the public. They don’t want team’s problems to be widely known by spectators, as that would create a bad image for the team.

      Notice how in the YouTube Day 1 highlights of Barcelona shakedown video they conveniently ommitted that there were 3 red flags due to car’s reliability issues.

    • birne@feddit.org
      2·
      4 days ago

      I don’t think it has anything to do with secrecy. I think it has more to do with the fact, that not many people will watch pre season testing. Also there will be coverage for the last hour of the day and full coverage for the next week.

      • Rheinish@lemmy.world
        2·
        4 days ago

        That’s fair. Generally, I would expect more interest in the pre-season tests since it’s a new regulation, but I guess not.