{"id":265664,"date":"2026-05-10T12:41:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T12:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/265664\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T12:41:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T12:41:27","slug":"fred-vesti-reveals-huge-mercedes-f1-simulator-push-before-miami-gp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/265664\/","title":{"rendered":"Fred Vesti reveals huge Mercedes F1 simulator push before Miami GP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/team\/mercedes\/5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mercedes<\/a> Formula 1 third driver Fred Vesti has revealed that he completed approximately 1000 laps on the simulator in the impromptu April break ahead of the Miami Grand Prix.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The five-week break between the Japanese and Miami Grands Prix offered teams an unexpected opportunity to get back to the factory and almost reset before the season resumed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Honestly, I was amazed at how cool the event was,&#8221; Vesti said of the race at the Hard Rock Stadium on the Mercedes Nu Silver Arrows Radio Show. &#8220;I was there a few years ago, and just how much it&#8217;s grown in those two years has blown my mind, really. So many fans.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The show that&#8217;s being put on is quite cool. And then the race itself was a great Formula 1 race. Probably the best one so far this year in terms of close racing. And the strategy was really cool, as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When asked how many laps he had done on the simulator, he added: &#8220;Closer to a thousand, I think, before Miami. And also, after. I flew straight back here to Brackley, straight back into the sim.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While the majority of teams brought upgrades to the Miami Grand Prix, Mercedes is planning its upgrades for the Canadian Grand Prix at the end of May.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778416887_37_andrea-kimi-antonelli-mercedes.jpg\" alt=\"Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes<\/p>\n<p class=\"photographer\">Photo by: Andy Hone\/ LAT Images via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The Brackley outfit has enjoyed a dominant start to the 2026 season, winning every grand prix so far. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/driver\/george-russell\/21167\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">George Russell<\/a> won the season-opening Australian Grand Prix and the Chinese sprint race, and his team-mate Kimi Antonelli has claimed three consecutive victories at the Chinese, Japanese and Miami Grands Prix.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old became the youngest driver to lead the championship and has now extended his lead over Russell to 20 points after his win in Miami.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Grand Prix will take place at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on 22-24 May.<\/p>\n<p>            We want your opinion!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-auto\">What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"#\" class=\"ms-link text-link font-bold\">Take our 5 minute survey.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-1 text-body\">&#8211; The Motorsport.com Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mercedes Formula 1 third driver Fred Vesti has revealed that he completed approximately 1000 laps on the simulator&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[110073,31514,114359,114360,22680,123,31515,125,124,31513],"class_list":["post-265664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-f1-miami-grand-prix-2026","tag-formula-1","tag-fred-vesti-reveals-huge-mercedes-f1-simulator-push-before-miami-gp","tag-frederik-vesti","tag-mercedes","tag-miami","tag-miami-gp","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-trendingteam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}