Norbert Haug has joined McLaren’s Martin Whitmarsh in admitting he is not a big fan of the August shutdown.<\/p>\n
Due to a cost-reducing agreement between the teams, every outfit in pitlane must close their factories for a full two-week period during the month-long gap between Hungary and Spa-Francorchamps.<\/p>\n
“I would love not to have a shutdown and be ploughing on,” Whitmarsh admitted in Hungary on Sunday, in the hours before the team’s Woking headquarters closed its doors.<\/p>\n
Also keen to keep working on its 2010 car is Mercedes GP.<\/p>\n
“This is actually a forced vacation,” the German marque’s competition director Haug is quoted by DPA news agency.<\/p>\n
“Particularly when you’re in a catching-up phase, you do not want to be interrupted,” he said.<\/p>\n
Williams’ Nico Hulkenberg does not agree.<\/p>\n
“The summer break is the same for everyone,” said the rookie.<\/p>\n
“I will have a little holiday, a little bit of time at home and a little bit of training,” added Hulkenberg.<\/p>\n
And Adrian Sutil said his colleagues at Force India deserve a break.<\/p>\n
“I think it’s good because the team works so hard.\u00a0 It’s a tough job for the engineers and mechanics and extremely tiring.\u00a0 It’s good for them,” said the German.<\/p>\n
Nico Rosberg is planning to use his spare time to make his triathlon debut.<\/p>\n
“I’ve never done one before,” said the Mercedes driver.\u00a0 “It’s a new passion.”<\/p>\n
But unlike Jenson Button, who is raising money for charity with his participation in the London Triathlon this month, Rosberg wants to keep his passion under wraps.<\/p>\n
Asked how spectators can watch him in action, the 25-year-old answered: “I don’t want to say.”<\/p>\n
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