Mercedes technical director James Allison believes the current shutdown is spurring the creative juices of the team's engineers, with ideas ready to flow when the work resumes. Amid the global coronavirus crisis, Formula 1 was compelled to bring forward its annual summer break, the length of which was extended to help team staff cope with lockdown measures in the UK and across Europe. But there's no off position on the genius switch, which encourages Allison to believe that prolific engineering minds are likely remaining in gear during the pause. "If we can’t race we can’t earn, if we can’t earn we shouldn’t spend," Allison said in an interview posted on Mercedes' YouTube...
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