Mercedes Method 1 third driver Fred Vesti has revealed that he accomplished roughly 1000 laps on the simulator within the impromptu April break forward of the Miami Grand Prix.
The five-week break between the Japanese and Miami Grands Prix provided groups an sudden alternative to get again to the manufacturing unit and virtually reset earlier than the season resumed.
“Truthfully, I used to be amazed at how cool the occasion was,” Vesti mentioned of the race on the Laborious Rock Stadium on the Mercedes Nu Silver Arrows Radio Present. “I used to be there just a few years in the past, and simply how a lot it is grown in these two years has blown my thoughts, actually. So many followers.
“The present that is being placed on is sort of cool. After which the race itself was an incredible Method 1 race. Most likely one of the best one thus far this yr by way of shut racing. And the technique was actually cool, as effectively.”
When requested what number of laps he had completed on the simulator, he added: “Nearer to a thousand, I feel, earlier than Miami. And in addition, after. I flew straight again right here to Brackley, straight again into the sim.”
Whereas nearly all of groups introduced upgrades to the Miami Grand Prix, Mercedes is planning its upgrades for the Canadian Grand Prix on the finish of Might.
Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes
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The Brackley outfit has loved a dominant begin to the 2026 season, profitable each grand prix thus far. George Russell gained the season-opening Australian Grand Prix and the Chinese language dash race, and his team-mate Kimi Antonelli has claimed three consecutive victories on the Chinese language, Japanese and Miami Grands Prix.
The 19-year-old turned the youngest driver to steer the championship and has now prolonged his lead over Russell to twenty factors after his win in Miami.
The Canadian Grand Prix will happen on the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on 22-24 Might.
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