The wait for a GP never held before
In just two weekends, Formula 1 will go from one extreme to the other in terms of the ‘nature’ of the events: if last weekend the Circus stopped at the historic Monza circuit, in the coming days the drivers will face a completely new track like Madrid, never before on the calendar. A new challenge for everyone, and one that could also offer opportunities to those who struggle to score points or have often come close to the top 10.
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The ‘push’ from Monza
The latter case is that of Audi, which on more than one occasion has finished 11th, especially with Gabriel Bortoleto. While waiting to understand what the possible changes in the standings will be after the German team’s protest regarding what happened at the restart with Tsunoda in Italy, the Brazilian’s eyes are now focused on the city track of Madrid: “I can’t wait to face the Madrid race – he commented – I have prepared on the simulator and now I’m curious to experience it live. A new circuit always represents an exciting challenge, because everyone starts from a similar condition and we will learn new things as the weekend progresses. In Monza we did better than expected in terms of performance, which was encouraging, and we hope Madrid will give us the opportunity to fight for something more important. It’s the last European race of the year, so it would be nice to close this phase with a great result.”
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More points in Europe?
In Europe, Nico Hülkenberg has scored the only two points finishes this season (Hungary and the Netherlands), with the German driver hoping to achieve a hat-trick before leaving the Old Continent: “There is always something exciting about arriving at a completely new circuit. No one really knows what to expect until the cars hit the track; so it is one of those weekends where you have to learn and adapt very quickly. Overall, in the last races we have moved in the right direction and, if we manage to get the measure of it immediately, we hope to put ourselves in a good position to finish the European part of the season with a positive result.”
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