Mercedes has stated that it uses \u201csecret codes\u201d when in communication with their drivers, so as to not give away its strategies during grands prix.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Such codes were in play at the Spanish Grand Prix earlier this month, where Kimi Antonelli prevailed for his eighth race victory of the campaign.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Antonelli was able to benefit from the timing of a virtual safety car, making a cheap pit stop when it was deployed following an issue for Lance Stroll.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
When race leader Lando Norris pitted, he emerged behind Antonelli, gifting the advantage to the championship favourite.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Mercedes race-side engineering director Andrew Shovlin stated the team had discussed all possible interruptions in the build-up to the race.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cOn Sunday morning, we focused on being ready to react to any incident,\u201d Shovlin told the Silver Arrows Radio Show.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cAt every stage of the race, you need to know what you will do if there is a VSC or Safety Car. Every team operates that way.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cEven with a plan, however, discussion can begin when the moment arrives: ‘Do we really want to do this?’ What was pleasing in Madrid was that the plan was clear.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cKimi knew he was inside the VSC window, and Bono confirmed the instruction as soon as the incident occurred.\u201d\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\tMercedes change secret codes ‘every week’<\/p>\n
F1 drivers are in constant communication with their team during the grand prix, with the race engineer serving as the direct line of contact.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
However, all the conversations are able to be tracked and listened to by other teams, meaning deceptive tactics come into play.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, we will use secret codes to give them an idea of whether they might want to come in on a Safety Car during the race,\u201d Shovlin said.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cBut we try not to let all the other teams know what those codes are.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cSo we change them every single week.\u201d\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mercedes has stated that it uses \u201csecret codes\u201d when in communication with their drivers, so as to not…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":900286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,827,817,830,828,831,829,826,813,816,823,825,824,822,85],"class_list":["post-900285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-daniel-ricciardo","tag-f1","tag-f1-calendar","tag-f1-live","tag-f1-results","tag-f1-standings","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-max-verstappen","tag-motorsport","tag-racing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=900285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/900286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=900285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=900285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=900285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}