No place like home for F1's Brazilians
With just 12 days rest in between the end of the and getting back in the driving seat in , you would have thought Formula 1's drivers would have been taking it easy.
Think again. These boys are hardcore, especially the Brazilians.
and both flew back to and that is a jet-lag inducing 12,000 miles from .
Jet-setting to Brazil from Malaysia and then on to China involves four days of flying, so we can only hope they had some .
opted out of a rare return trip home and instead popped to Dubai where he took his Renault for - yet another - spin at an .
Kazuki Nakajima of Williams fame spent some time at home with his family in Japan while Heikki Kovalainen opted for four days in the , at McLaren HQ.
And while we are on the subject of flights, the Mole has heard plenty of gossip flying around the paddock about plane complaints.
Apparently the boss had to give up some room on his private jet so the team could fly out an .
He might be even less pleased if the new aerodynamic part is not added to the back of the car pronto. The team are, however, are expected to give the new diffuser a whirl during Saturday's final practice and qualifying.
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