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Explaining the F1 summer break

Eric Silbermann speaks to Renault's Alan Permane and Rob Smedley of Williams to find out what goes on - or doesn't - during the F1 summer break “We’re all going on a summer holiday,  no more working for a week or two. Fun and laughter on our summer holiday. No more worries for me or you, for a week or two.” Who’d have thought that way back in 1963, the great grandfather of English pop, Cliff Richard, invented the concept of the Formula 1 summer break. For a less musical but more thorough explanation of what the sport’s enforced holiday entails, read on. The first thing to note about the two-week break, is that it actually takes place during a three-week gap in on-track...
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