El jueves en Interlagos, Kimi Antonelli habló sobre la táctica de equipo de Mercedes en México y sobre su visita de ayer a la tumba de Ayrton Senna… Kimi Antonelli: «Lo discutimos todo con el equipo; es bueno que todos estuviéramos en la misma sintonía. Llegamos a un acuerdo rápidamente, vimos nuestros errores y ahora sabemos qué hacer si se repite una situación así. Ayer tuve tiempo libre y decidí ir a la tumba de Ayrton. Está cerca del hotel donde me estoy alojando. Senna es mi héroe en el automovilismo. Fui allí con mi entrenador, leí un libro, encontré el lugar muy silencioso y muy tranquilo. Quise ir a saludarle».

      On Thursday in São Paulo George Russell spoke about problems with overtaking, including due to insufficient tyre wear…

      George Russell: “All drivers are selfish. We want the best cars, the fastest and most powerful. But you have to understand that there are only twenty drivers in Formula 1, and more than 100 million people watch us every week.

      There is currently talk of mandating two compulsory pit stops at every round to make things more exciting, but I’m not sure that would work. I think we simply need softer tyres; then the number of overtakes would increase because of wear.

      I don’t know what the optimal solution might be. If you could magically create tyres where the Hard compound would do 30 laps and then suddenly lose performance, the Medium would allow 20 laps, and the Soft ten, that would be the ideal scenario. In that case drivers could choose different strategy options.

      But I understand that for Pirelli that is almost impossible, given that we race at different circuits and every circuit has a different surface. If the asphalt at the tracks were the same, it would be much easier for them to develop tyres that increase overtaking.

      No penalties for cutting the first corner in Mexico City? Personally, I really don’t like that corner. I don’t think it’s suitable for Formula 1. There’s only one line that goes through turns two and three. Personally, I think that corner needs to be completely redesigned.”