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Daily Mirror
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Daniel Moxon

George Russell demands F1 testing change as Mercedes star makes Rafael Nadal point

George Russell wants the rules to be change to allow Formula 1 teams to run two cars at the same time during pre-season testing.

Just three days of testing are allowed these days in F1, giving teams a very limited amount of time to find any problems in their new cars and for the drivers to get used to them before the competitive action begins.

The first of those three days began on Thursday, with several examples of what teams do not want with such limited testing time at their disposal. Felipe Drugovich lost a fair amount of time with an electrical issue, Fernando Alonso had a broken floor and Lando Norris lost a lot of running time while McLaren fixed a problem on his car.

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