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Brawn: F1 Looking To Increase Number Of F2 Drivers in Free Practice

Formula 1 Managing Director of Motorsport, Ross Brawn says Formula 1 managers are evaluating ways of increasing the number of FIA Formula 2 drivers participating in Friday Practice sessions. Teams currently can run a third driver during Free Practice 1 during a Grand Prix weekend but are limited to just two cars, compare to mid-2000's where teams were allowed to run a third car before the idea was dropped in 2006. Current F2 drivers Charles Leclerc and Sean Galael will take part in Free Practice sessions in the latter stage of the F1 season, with Leclerc linked with a race seat to Sauber F1 Team for 2018. Using an example of an F2 driver replacing an indisposed F1 driver, Brawn told...
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