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Sole practice session at Imola is 'stupid', says Verstappen

When F1 announced earlier this week that the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix weekend will feature just one practice session, Pitpass was among the very first to criticise the move. Ignoring the fact that F1 appears to be placing responsibility for the move on the race organisers, the fact is that Imola hasn't hosted F1 cars in anger for 14 years, and many of the current drivers have little experience of the infamous Italian track, far less in F1 machinery. Indeed, Kimi Raikkonen is the only driver on the 2020 grid who has raced an F1 car at Imola. Speaking ahead of the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix weekend, Mas Verstappen described the move as 'stupid'. 'If we would have had it on a track that we...
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