Long April break gives F1 time to take stock
The HinduFormula One teams will welcome more than their drivers the breathing space provided by a long April break in a record 23-race season. “I don’t want to have that break, because you know which race was missing from that break,” said Alfa Romeo’s Guanyu Zhou, the sport’s only Chinese driver. “It’s a bit weird to have three weeks off, especially that early in the season,” commented Red Bull’s double world champion Max Verstappen, whose win in Melbourne was his dominant team’s third in three races so far. “For the race team, there’s an opportunity to have a little bit of rest because the rest of the season will be tough.” The break provides more time also for teams to work on upgrades and add spares after a bruising weekend for some in Australia. “I think in the situation we are in as a team, we take this as an opportunity to work as much as possible during this break in order to get upgrades as quickly as possible,” said Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc before the race.
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