A special test
Formula 1 returns to Germany, at the Nurburgring. No, it is not a new stage of the championship to make up for the cancellations of the Middle Eastern races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, nor an attempt to curry favor with Max Verstappen given that the Dutchman now spends almost more time on the historic German track than at his own home. These are, simply, tests organized by Pirelli with McLaren and Mercedes for April 14 and 15 and which will take place precisely on the Nurburgring track, obviously in its ‘modern’ version for F1 and not on the old Nordschleife so dear to the four-time world champion of the Red Bull team.
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It is nonetheless news of some significance, given that this two-day test will mark the first return of F1 single-seaters to the iconic German facility since the 2020 Eifel GP, held during the season marked by the Covid pandemic, when the calendar opened its doors to many historic European tracks to at least partially compensate for the impossibility of traveling outside the Old Continent to America and Asia.
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McLaren and Mercedes on track
The test session involving the reigning Constructors’ world champion team and the team favored to inherit its throne this season is part of Pirelli’s seasonal testing program. The focus – weather permitting – should be on dry compounds, after the recent tests carried out at Suzuka by Red Bull and Racing Bulls under heavy rain and the specific tests for wet tires that will be carried out by Ferrari on April 9 and 10 at the Fiorano circuit. Given the impossibility of traveling to Bahrain due to the conflicts currently underway in the Middle East, the Nurburgring track is considered ideal by Pirelli for collecting useful data.
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