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Abiteboul: F1 was right to race
Renault MD Cyril Abiteboul says Formula 1 was right to go ahead with Sunday's Belgian GP, a day after the tragic death of F2 driver Anthoine Hubert. Hubert died after a horror crash in Saturday's F2 feature race where his Arden was T-boned by a rival at the exit of Raidillon. The race was immediately cancelled as too was Sunday morning's F2 sprint race. However, both the Sunday F3 race and the Formula 1 grand prix went ahead as scheduled. 'It was the right thing to cancel the F2 race,' Abiteboul told Sky F1. 'There was no way that Bruno [Michel, F2 boss] or Chase [Carey, F1 CEO] would perform that race. 'It was a close call in F3, because it’s young people. Really young people. 'As for...
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