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Hakkinen: Lack of testing days unimaginable 20 years ago

Article To news overview © @f1mikahakkinen Mika Hakkinen believes the current lack of testing creates a huge amount of pressure for teams, who have to figure out how best to unlock their cars performance over the course of a Grand Prix weekend. 2021 had just three days of pre-season testing, a significant reduction from the eight days of just two seasons ago. This lack of testing was due to COVID travel restrictions making life difficult for the teams, as well as the cars being broadly the same as last year's. Mika Hakkinen has said the situation would have been unthinkable during his time in Formula 1, when testing was almost completely unlimited if a team had the budget. "Honestly,...
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