IT is 754 days since Lewis Hamilton replied “cash is king” when asked why he thought F1 made the trip to Melbourne given the looming Covid virus. The race was cancelled and the world was subsequently placed in to lockdown. However, since that debacle at Albert Park, F1 have managed to put on 39 Grands Prix races across two seasons. Each team normally shifts around 40 to 50 tonnes of equipment to each race. VALENTINO ROSSI was left red-faced on his car racing debut — after driving past his pit crew in the 3 Hours of Imola endurance race. Rossi, 43, was in 13th place an hour from the end when he had to swap with team-mate Frederic Vervisch. But that has not put off Grosjean — now in Indycar — who has had a special lid made.

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