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Originally Posted by chernaudi
Then there's the fact that almost all the teams are European based, and July-Aug seems to be the preferred vacation break time, just like Nov-Jan is in North America. That's why in F1 from late July to late August the shops basically shut down aside from reception and souvenir areas.
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Sorry by shops do you mean workshops/factories?
If so that's not entirely true. Yeah there's the mandatory two week shut down (which a lot of guys spend working on the wind tunnel and other systems that can be classed as 'maintenance'). But this is the time of the year that a lot of guys are under pressure in the factory due to a combination of new car build for the next year beginning and reprep of two lots of components after the Germany/Hungary back to back. There is always something to do!
