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Verstappen: Ban won’t close the gap

In addition, the Dutchman makes it clear that Mercedes would not be so badly affected by a ban anyway – at least not the works team. “I think this new rule will not completely close the gap to Mercedes,” he ponders. Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas currently have a little more vitality available in Q2 and Q3, but: “I think the gap will get smaller, but nothing will change in the positions [im Qualifying].”

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Verstappen: Ban on “Occasion Mode” not fantastic, but?

The topic continues to accompany america, for example. With regard to the upcoming ban, Max Verstappen explains: “Of course, Mercedes has worked really hard to find additional performance. So you can’t really say that it’s fantastic.” Mercedes would suffer most from this ban. At the same time, Verstappen reminds us that other groups have also been slowed down in the past. “When Red Bull dominated Formula 1, many things were banned during the season,” he shrugs his shoulders. Ferrari had also been there before.

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Training day in Barcelona

Hello and welcome to a new edition of our Formula 1 live ticker! It’s Friday and we’re starting into the sixth race weekend in seven weeks. The trainings in Barcelona are on belief today. Ruben Zimmermann will accompany you through the day here in the ticker as usual, and For questions, criticism and suggestions, you can use our contact form and our Twitter hashtag #FragMST available. The first coaching begins at 11: 00 Clock. That gives america the opportunity to take up a few topics from the paddock before starting up.