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He dares something!
Sergio Perez came to the paddock in Silverstone today wearing a Mexico jersey. Quite brave, because you have to know that in the football World Cup today Mexico and England are playing against each other.
By the way, it could be a long night for everyone, because the game takes place in Mexico and will only kick off at 2:00 AM CEST. At the racetrack, the Mexico fans will definitely be clearly outnumbered …
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Button: Some sympathy for Russell
In the World Championship fight, Kimi Antonelli currently holds all the trump cards. Jenson Button therefore says on Sky: “I feel a bit sorry for George. George has been in a car in recent years that was not good enough to win the World Championship. But it suited his driving style.”
“Now he is in a car that doesn’t quite suit his driving style – and it is a car that will probably win the World Championship this year,” says Button, who believes that the Mercedes suits Antonelli better this year.
“He is never slow, he is always fast,” praises the 2009 world champion the 19-year-old. Antonelli is again starting from pole today, while Russell starts only from P4 at his home race.
Aston Martin relies on Hungary update
Aston Martin currently has a subscription to the last two places. That is supposed to change with the big upgrade they want to introduce at the race after next in Budapest.
“After Melbourne, we decided that it doesn’t make sense to make small changes,” explains Adrian Newey on Sky.
Therefore, all resources were put directly into a big package for the summer. Later, there should also be an upgrade for the Honda power unit in Zandvoort.
According to Newey, Aston Martin wants to be able to fight for points from then on. That would be quite a big step, because yesterday in qualifying they were already almost 1.5 seconds behind Cadillac.
The gap to the Q1 best time was more than 3.5 seconds.
Binotto: Hülkenberg firmly in the saddle
Recently, rumors arose that Audi might be interested in Carlos Sainz if he were to leave Williams. According to Mattia Binotto, Nico Hülkenberg does not have to worry about his cockpit.
“We have always said that we have a great pairing,” he says about the German and Gabriel Bortoleto on Sky and emphasizes: “We have two fast drivers, and that makes me happy.”
“Both are very fast. Nico still has a lot in the tank. You can see how focused he is. He is fast and drives consistently. He looks like he is still a young driver himself,” praises the team principal.
“So he still has many years ahead of him,” says Binotto.
How fast time flies …
In 1950, the very first race of the Formula 1 World Championship took place in Silverstone. In this photo gallery you will find some impressions of the “birth hour” of the premier class. It’s amazing how much everything has changed since then.
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Time travel Silverstone 1950: Impressions from the very first Formula 1 race
F1 Academy: Bättig misses sensation
The Red Bull-supported Alisha Palmowski has just won the race in the F1 Academy. This means that Chiara Bättig from Switzerland missed the big sensation after starting from pole.
Bättig lost the start against Palmowski, who leads the championship, and ended up in P2. But that is still at least a small sensation, because for the first time in the history of the series a wildcard made it to the podium.
Emma Felbermayr from Austria finished third, the German Mathilda Paatz was twelfth.
Strategy
The usual look at the strategy for the race: Pirelli this time only suggests one-stoppers, because a two-stop strategy in Silverstone is clearly slower on paper.
However, various variants are possible with the one-stopper. Theoretically, the fastest is Medium-Hard, but strategies with the soft tire are also possible.
However, no one in the top 10 has a fresh soft left. Therefore, at the top it will probably come down to a strategy with the two harder compounds.
Formula 3: Win for McLaren junior
In Formula 1, McLaren will normally have no chance today. But in Formula 3, McLaren junior Matteo de Palo just celebrated his first win in the series. He prevailed after a late safety car phase in an exciting finish, among others against his teammate and Audi junior Freddie Slater.
In the championship, Slater is still in second place behind Ugo Ugochukwu, who finished sixth today.
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