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GUY LOVETT: Hi, I'm Guy Lovett. I'm Shell's Technology Manager for Ferrari.
And this is the Inside Track To Malaysia.
DIEGO IOVERNO: Malaysia is a crazy place.
MARC GENÉ: Most of the lap time you do is through the corners in Malaysia.
Whereas Australia is just lack of grip.
In Malaysia, you want to have a good aerodynamic package,
together with a good engine power.
It's a tropical place, so you can stay there, be there, sweating all the day,
and then, all of a sudden, a thunderstorm arrives.
You have to react to change the tyres very quickly.
You have to put not intermediate but the heavy rain tyres most of the time.
You have the wrong tyres at the wrong time, the car is virtually impossible to drive.
DIEGO IOVERNO: It's a difficult race for all the conditions for the drivers, for the guys,
for us working with the temperature and levels of humidity.
MIKE EVANS: In Malaysia, with its high humidity,
there are always demands put upon the fuels.
We work with engineers in Maranello to ensure the fuels are optimised
and will work really well in those conditions.
FERNANDO ALONSO: The work that they do in the lab goes with us in every race,
and they are analysing every single run we do: the fuel, the oil.
DIEGO IOVERNO: There's basically no stop between Australia and Malaysia, so it's tough.
GUY LOVETT: The first four fly-away races present a significant challenge
in terms of the diversity of both the circuit types and the climatic conditions
that the drivers will face out on track.
MARC GENÉ: Malaysia is a real racing track,
and there you'll really see if there's a weak point
on the set-up of the car on the chassis, that you're going to see in Malaysia.
DIEGO IOVERNO: So you normally try to do your best set-up for the dry,
and then you try to use it also in the wet.
MARC GENÉ: Shell can help a lot in Malaysia to increase the power and the performance of the car
and to have better reliability.
FERNANDO ALONSO: Things can happen over the weekend so we need the best people with us,
so I think, with Shell every weekend with us, we are in good hands.