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Masi: Gravel traps not suitable at all circuits

Formula 1 race director Michael Masi says gravel traps aren't an answer for every circuit despite their success at the Tuscan GP. Formula 1 visited Mugello for the first time in 2020 as it played host to the debuting Tuscan Grand Prix, and this old-school circuit had a feature which is largely disappearing from the Formula 1 calendar – gravel. Drivers certainly were happy to see the gravel traps back for a race and aggressive ones at that right up to the sides of the circuits. “I want gravel, at the end we are drivers and this a bigger challenge for us drivers,' Leclerc is quoted by Crash.net. “You know that if you do a mistake you pay for it more than just going wide and coming...
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