Sebastian Vettel has warned Formula One to be ready for unpredictable, chilly and difficult climate when the circus travels to Germany’s “Siberia” in October. The coronavirus-hit 2020 season’s revised calendar has scheduled the Eifel Grand Prix for October 11, marking the Nurburgring circuit’s first return to the calendar since 2013 and in significantly autumnal situations.
“It is referred to as the German Siberia for a purpose,” the four-time champion Ferrari driver instructed Autosport (www.autosport.com). “We will count on something.
“We will count on, if we’re fortunate, 20 levels, however it is also near zero so will probably be a problem.
“I feel it’s a nice observe and I’ve good reminiscences. Final time we had been there I received, so I am trying ahead to going again.”
The common temperature for the Eifel mountain area is just 10 levels Celsius in October.
McLaren F1 staff chief Andrea Seidl mentioned he had raced on the Nurburgring many occasions “in heavy snow, fog and so forth… So will probably be attention-grabbing to see the way it goes that late within the yr.”
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The fifth spherical of this yr’s sequence, the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix, takes place this weekend at Silverstone.
It is because of be adopted every week later by the Spanish Grand Prix on the Circuit de Catalunya, close to Barcelona, however that race is doubtful as a consequence of a regional rise in COVID-19 and quarantine rules in Britain and Spain.
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