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Teamwork Quote by David Leslie

"It's a good team though that works very closely and very well together, and all those people putting that effort in, then I'm sure we will improve dramatically from where we are now as the season goes on"

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Confidence here is grounded not in bravado but in collaboration. The line begins by acknowledging a contrast: things may not be perfect, yet it is a good team, and that matters. The small word though hints at recent setbacks or an underwhelming start, but it redirects attention to the glue that keeps a competitive outfit together. Working very closely and very well together means aligned goals, quick feedback cycles, and trust in the chain from driver to engineer to mechanic to strategist. It also recognizes the invisible labor behind any result, the many hands whose efforts add up to lap time or match-winning moments.

The promise of dramatic improvement is not a prediction of an overnight breakthrough. It is a process pledge, tied to the rhythm of a season. Performance in elite sport, and especially in motorsport where David Leslie made his name, evolves through iteration: data gathering, analysis, setup refinement, reliability gains, and the constant polishing of small details. Early weekends expose weaknesses; a functioning team turns those exposures into a roadmap. As the season goes on becomes a statement about patience and compounding knowledge. Every session teaches, every debrief sharpens the next run.

There is also a leadership tactic at work. Publicly crediting the collective lifts morale and deflects pressure from individuals. The careful phrasing then I am sure makes the optimism conditional on shared effort, reinforcing accountability without blame. It manages expectations while keeping ambition high. For a veteran competitor, this balance is essential: motivate the group, reassure stakeholders, and frame the narrative so that a rough start is the baseline, not the verdict.

Ultimately the emphasis falls on unity as a competitive advantage. Talent matters, resources matter, but the velocity of learning inside a close-knit team often decides who moves forward fastest across the long arc of a season.

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