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Wurz exclusive: Driver errors helping F1 with ratings

Interview To news overview © Mercedes Former F1 driver Alexander Wurz is thoroughly enjoying the current season, and it looks like his native Austria is as well with ratings on the rise in the country. Wurz believes driver errors are helping to create a buzz in the sport. There has been no shortage of spectacular moments in 2021, with Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen's crash at the the Italian Grand Prix the latest example. Neither driver was willing to cede an inch to the other, resulting in their coming together and a three-place grid penalty for the Red Bull driver. Wurz believes that kind of action has increased F1 viewership, especially in Austria, which doesn't have a driver on the...
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