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Barrichello ‘fell asleep’ during 2015 F1 opener

A trio of former F1 drivers are hoping the 2015 season opener was just a blip. In Australia, Sauber battled for survival in court with Giedo van der Garde while Manor never left the pits, before the smallest field in recent memory set the scene for what Daniel Ricciardo called a 'boring' race as Mercedes utterly dominated. Afterwards, Red Bull threatened to quit in protest of the technical regulations, leaving F1 experts and pundits to wonder if the fundamentals of the sport are broken. 'I tried to watch, but I got to a point when I couldn't stay awake,' Rubens Barrichello, the longest-serving driver in F1 history, admitted to Brazil's Globo. Former Renault driver Nelson Piquet jr added:...
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