Why 3 Weeks Up to 2014 Spanish Grand Prix Could Set Up Rest of 2014 F1 Season

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Published: April 24, 2014

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The three-week gap between the Chinese and the Spanish grands prix gives each of Formula One’s 11 teams an opportunity to sit back, take stock and assess their season so far.

It is easy to forget, given the excitement that surrounded the start of the new season, that hundreds upon hundreds of team employees have travelled in little over a month to four different countries for four different races.

A return to Europe, where the vast majority of those members are based, represents a well-earned chance to take a breather from the intensity of battle, with this break the second longest of the season behind the four-week summer gap between the races in Hungary and Belgium.

Well, we refer to it as a “break,” but—in true F1 style—the work that goes on behind the scenes over the next three weeks will arguably be just as hectic and relentless as what we see occur on the track over a grand prix weekend.

And in 2014, that is truer than in any season in recent memory.

The Spanish Grand Prix, as the first European event of the season, has traditionally been the weekend which sees the introduction of major technical upgrades. With the Circuit de Catalunya known to be a thorough test of a car’s aerodynamic efficiency, due to its mixture of high, medium and low speed corners, the Barcelona weekend is where hopes and dreams will either be realised or crushed.  

With Mercedes having dominated the first handful of races of the year, allowing Nico Rosberg and then Lewis Hamilton to blow the opposition away, the emphasis is now on the remaining 10 teams to quickly eradicate the performance deficit and ensure that this season does not become a waste.



Worryingly, however, you could only pinpoint Force India, Toro Rosso and perhaps Marussia as teams—apart from Mercedes—that could declare themselves content with their starts to the s...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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