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  1. ronzalfa

    ronzalfa Karting

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    #1 ronzalfa, Jul 29, 2013
    OK, I am certainly not an F1 insider, so when the commentators state that all the teams are going to shut down their facilities for two weeks to allow the employees to spend time with their families it sounds a little like wishful thinking. How would this be agreed upon, much less be enforced?
     
  2. SPEEDCORE

    SPEEDCORE Four Time F1 World Champ

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    #2 SPEEDCORE, Jul 30, 2013
    Unions :eek:
     
  3. tervuren

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    #3 tervuren, Jul 30, 2013
    Even workahaulics like Chad Knaus are made to take vacations once in a while...
     
  4. Igor Ound

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    #4 Igor Ound, Jul 30, 2013
    I bet James Allison's phone will be pretty pretty hot!
     
  5. DeSoto

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    #5 DeSoto, Jul 30, 2013
    This doesn´t apply to Mercedes, but just for safety reasons.

    All teams should be thankful to Mercedes for staying at the office while others go to the beach.
     
  6. classic308

    classic308 F1 Veteran

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    #6 classic308, Jul 30, 2013
    Lmao.
     
  7. tifosi12

    tifosi12 Four Time F1 World Champ
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    #7 tifosi12, Jul 30, 2013
    Eddie Jordan came up with this and I hate it. I also doubt that it has a place in today's F1.

    Hopefully they get rid of this in the next Concorde agreement. Bernie's push to more races certainly helps.
     
  8. TifosiUSA

    TifosiUSA F1 Veteran

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    #8 TifosiUSA, Jul 30, 2013
    LOL!

    It does absolutely suck. This year's schedule is the worst ever. 3 weeks...a race...3 more weeks...a race. Then like 9 races in 10 weeks at the end of the year or something like that. Dumb.
     
  9. trumpet77

    trumpet77 Formula 3

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    #9 trumpet77, Jul 30, 2013
    thanks for asking the question---for a sport that already is most of the year and thrives on sponsorhip and advertising dollars, a month long break seems too much.
     
  10. ronzalfa

    ronzalfa Karting

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    #10 ronzalfa, Jul 30, 2013
    So, except for the engineers working at home and networking online.....and the fabrication being done in satellite locations or by vendors it is two weeks off for everone!!!!
    Except for building security, maintenance updates, and the odd team principle in a janitor's uniform going through the facility.....
     
  11. Fast_ian

    Fast_ian Two Time F1 World Champ

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    #11 Fast_ian, Jul 31, 2013
    I thought the rule is that they've literally got to turn off the lights (& 'puters?) and lock the doors - Nobody is allowed in the building.

    Now, as mentioned how the hell they stop the engineers having a copy of Catia at home and working/networking is beyond me.....

    It also presents the 'standard' opportunity to do, eg, server upgrades and the like. Dunno if IT folk are excluded? Maybe Fpiloto's 'man on the inside' can give us a clue? ;)

    Cheers,
    Ian
     
  12. Neonzapper

    Neonzapper F1 Rookie

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    #12 Neonzapper, Jul 31, 2013
    It isn't much of an F1 thing. Mostly, all of Europe shuts down for a month every year. Almost everything slows down. This is the way they do vacation. In America, we typically take 2 weeks at any time, but we have our Spring Break at Easter. Well, this is Europe's Vacation Break in the Summer- and it typically lasts 4 weeks.
     
  13. Fast_ian

    Fast_ian Two Time F1 World Champ

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    #13 Fast_ian, Jul 31, 2013
    'Mainland' Europe, very true. But not in the UK where most of 'em are based of course.

    Cheers,
    Ian
     

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