Mercedes blocks Antonelli Nordschleife plan
Mercedes is not allowing Andrea Kimi Antonelli to race on the Nordschleife for now, despite the F1 championship leader recently saying he wanted to obtain the DMSB Nordschleife Permit “by the end of the year”. Asked if Mercedes would let Antonelli drive at the Nurburgring this year, deputy team principal Bradley Lord said: “No. I’ve spoken to him about it. I think he meant it more as a joke.” Lord added that Antonelli could “give it a try after four world championships”, while saying Max Verstappen “perhaps has a bit more range thanks to his experience”.
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Red Bull technical director Pierre Waché said the team’s Miami Grand Prix upgrade package delivered “encouraging” gains in performance. Waché said: "Miami saw us take a clear step forward, with the upgrade package delivering encouraging gains in performance and helping address some key areas on the car. It highlighted some car weaknesses and room of improvement to extract the overall performance."
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Red Bull technical director Pierre Waché says this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix will be “another good test” of the team’s RB22 upgrade package introduced in Miami, alongside minor updates. Waché said: "Canada will be another good test of the package alongside some minor updates this weekend. It has been a positive boost for the team to see the progress translating on track after a lot of hard work behind the scenes, and we expect car development to be made as we head into the European races."
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Horner in talks with BYD
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Norris on drivers' input over rule changes
Lando Norris says Formula 1 needs to get back to “flat-out racing” as drivers push to give their input on rule changes amid criticism of the current engine regulations. Norris said: "We just have to give our input honestly, and we want the fans to have a good time, and we want ourselves to have a good time, and we also want F1 to be what we've always grown up seeing, which is flat-out racing, which is not what we've had so far."
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Nielsen on findings from Gasly's Miami discomfort investigation
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Lando Norris says he wants to race outside Formula 1 at some point and has highlighted Le Mans as one of his goals. Norris said: "I still feel like I want to go and try other things. Do Le Mans, now McLaren are doing Le Mans, so maybe go and do that at some point. But I don't know. I'm still young, so I've not thought of everything just yet."
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