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Mercedes will return to the track for testing
It smells like recovery! Mercedes announced that it will set up two days of private testing on the Silverstone circuit (Great Britain), Tuesday June 9 and Wednesday June 10. The two factory drivers will be requisitioned for the occasion.
NEWS: We'll be back on track next week @SilverstoneUK!
Valtteri (Tuesday) and Lewis (Wednesday) will drive the 2018 Mercedes W09 in a two-day test as the team practices protocols ahead of returning to racing in Austria next month pic.twitter.com/yMOTqnajiA
—Mercedes-AMG F1 (@MercedesAMGF1) June 4, 2020
Valtteri Bottas will open the ball on Tuesday aboard the W09, the car seen during the 2018 Formula 1 season. In fact, the sporting regulations of the discipline prohibit teams from using a car less than two years old for the sake of tests organized outside of collective sessions, such as training sessions. winter in Barcelona or post-season in Abu Dhabi.
The next day, the six-time world champion Lewis Hamilton will slip into the tub. The objective of this pair of days is to review all mandatory health procedures to ensure the smooth return of the Grands Prix; the launch of the 2020 season is planned on the Red Bull Ring (Austria) on the weekend of July 3-5.
There is no doubt that the opposing teams, motivated by this information, will seek to return to the circuits in the days to come...
Medhi Casaurang
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