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Fittipaldi: It's been eight months since I’ve driven on track

Pietro Fittipaldi was the surprise call up by the Haas team to replace injured Romain Grosjean, the 24-year-old Brazilian, out of a drive for the past year made the most of his big break by dialling himself slowly but surely. At the end of the day, after FP2, the debutant was only three tenths and a bit off down on the best time set by veteran Kevin Magnussen in the sister car; all in all a solid start to Pietro's first steps in the top flight. He said at the end of his first day as a fully-fledged F1 driver, “It’s been both fantastic and exciting today. It’s been a year since I’ve driven a Formula 1 car, eight months since I’ve driven anything on track. 'I took the day...
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