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Hamilton: Ghost races will be worse than a test day

Driving around Formula 1 tracks without fans cheering at Silverstone and Monza would literally feel “very empty” for world champion Lewis Hamilton. The first 10 races this season have been postponed or canceled amid the coronavirus pandemic, with the iconic Monaco Grand Prix scrapped for the first time in 66 years. F1 remains hopeful that the season can start in early July with a doubleheader at the Austrian Grand Prix, and that 15 to 18 of the 22 scheduled races can yet be completed. But all of them would be held without any spectators until it is safe. “It’s going to be very empty,” Hamilton said on Saturday, evoking the subdued atmosphere of preseason testing in Spain. “For...
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