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Top teams unlikely to run youngsters in elongated FP1

McLaren's Martin Whitmarsh doesn't envisage the likes of Kevin Magnussen getting an FP1 appearance in a two-hour session Sutton Images Enlarge Front-running teams are unlikely to make use of longer FP1 sessions in 2014 to run young drivers, despite a two-hour first practice being agreed. A meeting ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix saw the extension of FP1 next season provisionally agreed by the teams, with the session set to last for two hours rather than the current 90 minutes. However, Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn says the team would look to make use of the extra running with its race drivers. "I think for us we'll still stick with race drivers," Brawn said. "One of...
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