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Summer break a relief for F1's hard workers
F1's 'summer break' is a rare slice of relief for the sport's hard-working men and women.
"The level of dedication (in F1) is quite high," said former Toro Rosso technical director Giorgio Ascanelli, explaining that outside the top teams, wages are not particularly high.
"Life in formula one is a life of self-denial," he told Brazil's O Estado de S.Paulo newspaper.
During the month-long break between the Hungarian and Belgian grands prix, teams must close their factories for a mandatory two-week period.
"Of course," Red Bull's Dr Helmut Marko admitted to Salzburger Nachrichten newspaper, "you don't switch the minds off too."
But at the very least, the...
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