(Motorsports news) Until teams decide to make alterations that require the driver to start from the pitlane, cars are now locked into parc ferme after the first session on Friday. As a result, they must run both qualifying sessions, the sprint, and the main event with the same setup. Russell and Lewis Hamilton, his Mercedes teammate, ran various degrees of downforce throughout the weekend in Spa.
They stuck with their initial decisions throughout Friday’s running because of the poor weather, but during a typical Grand Prix weekend, they would have probably converged. The current format, according to Russell, “can be really difficult.” “I still don’t like that you can’t modify the car’s setup after FP1,” said the Russell.
“I believe it gives the sport a sense of unpredictability, which can be thrilling. But it’s comparable to handing a tennis player their racket an hour before the Wimbledon final and telling them to “suck it up and get on with it. and training without any prior experience. Other sports don’t really operate like that. I can see the logic behind that. However, some adjustments at a specific moment in the weekend would be excellent.
Russell, however, welcomed F1’s August summer break as an opportunity for those who compete in the “brutal” sport to take a rest and refocus. The summer break, he believed, would benefit all participants in the sport significantly. Everybody, in their own right, feels like a little bit of a warrior and simply wants to power through, according to me. I think we’re all so motivated and dedicated.
But I believe that everyone is aware of the effects that a two-week sabbatical has. It completely resets and renews, but it can also provide you some fresh suggestions for how to do better. I’m happy to see that our sport has it. “And I believe there have also been discussions about it for the winter. That is obviously more for the factory’s engineers and designers. It’s a rough, ferociously competitive sport. That would probably be a useful feature, in my opinion.
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