Rouse landed his current role as part of a reorganisation that followed the sudden departures of team principal Otmar Szafnauer and sporting director Alan Permane, plus chief technical officer Pat Fry's move to Williams. The team has focussed on improving its operational performance on race weekends, and that was evident with good results in recent races, notably seventh for Esteban Ocon in Qatar, and sixth for Pierre Gasly in the USA.
'Definitely feels like we've made some progress in terms of how we're operating on the events, and how we're sort of trying to consistently optimise things. But there's still a long way to go with that, which is quite exciting.' Regarding the main areas of focus he said: 'We're constantly looking at where we can continue to improve the car, it's a natural thing.