Within the round-up: Mercedes say a key purpose for his or her future growth is addressing their poor efficiency in sluggish corners.
In short
Mercedes centered on slow-corner beneficial properties
Mercedes’ head of trackside engineering stated “the problems that we’re scuffling with [in] this replace are the identical as those we have been scuffling with earlier than,” in a video launched by the workforce. “The place we are typically weak is within the sluggish velocity corners, notably those the place you’ve got one nook following into one other.”
He stated the workforce will prioritise this space of growth as their focus shifts to their 2025 automotive, the W16. “The large focus in these remaining races for us is studying what we will,” he stated.
“We’re able within the championship the place we can not problem in entrance of us. It is rather unlikely we’re going to see any problem from behind. Our focus has very a lot shifted to studying what we have to this 12 months to use to subsequent 12 months with a purpose to get on high of these points.”
Rovanpera samples F1 automotive
Crimson Bull gave World Rally Championship star Kalle Rovanpera the chance to drive one in all its vehicles yesterday. After apply laps in a Components 4 automotive on the Crimson Bull Ring the 24-year-old bought behind the wheel of a 2012-specification RB8.
World Rally Championship ace Kalle Rovanpera sampled a Crimson Bull Components 1 automotive on the residence of the Austrian Grand Prix as we speak.#F1 #WRC pic.twitter.com/SybTGApLkZ
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Hughes leads FE check
Jake Hughes was quickest for Maserati on the second day of Components E’s check session in Madrid. His quickest time of of 1’28.604 put him lower than a tenth of a second forward of Kiro’s Dan Ticktum.
The occasion was relocated from Valencia as a result of critical flooding in that area final week which claimed over 200 lives.
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