Antonelli on the need for F1's summer shutdown
Kimi Antonelli says Formula 1’s mandatory summer shutdown is “needed” after a relentless schedule, but he expects he will be bored within a few days of the break. Antonelli said: "But I feel like the break is needed. To have a proper break, to be able to switch off a little bit. Even though I'm sure after three, four days, I'm going to be busting my balls. I'm gonna be bored. And I'm going to be like, 'I want to be back on track'. Luckily, where I'm going, there's a go-kart track. So for sure, I'm gonna be practising."
Kimi Antonelli: ‘I'm going to be busting my balls’ during the F1 summer break
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Verstappen on Alonso deserving top-five place in F1
Max Verstappen says Fernando Alonso “deserves to be in the top five” in Formula 1, arguing the Aston Martin driver’s current position in the order does not reflect his ability. Verstappen said: "As a real racer, it's tough, especially when you're not enjoying the regulations and you're not competitive at the moment. It's a tough one, because Fernando, of course, doesn't deserve to be in P21. Fernando deserves to be in the top five, minimum."
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Hadjar on doubts over Red Bull seat alongside Verstappen
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Stewards say Leclerc should have been penalised
FIA stewards have accepted they should have penalised Charles Leclerc for his collision with Oscar Piastri in the Belgian Grand Prix, after the incident was debated in a drivers-and-stewards meeting at the Hungarian Grand Prix. It is understood the stewards now believe Leclerc’s squeeze at Les Combes was likely worthy of a five-second penalty, having originally judged it a racing incident.
F1 stewards admit error in Leclerc/Piastri Spa collision
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Russell on Mercedes power unit calibration issue
George Russell says mis-calibrated Mercedes power unit settings were likely behind his straight-line speed problems across the British and Belgian Grands Prix. Russell said: "Effectively, it was numbers on a screen that were not quite calibrated properly, and so it's not like the hardware is wrong, or there was a problem with the hardware. It was all linked to the same calibration not being quite right and now we know which numbers potentially were not correct. We can rectify that, recalibrate things, and get the power unit to perform at its full potential."
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