It’s pretty usual at this time of year, on the cusp of a Formula 1 season start, for the debutants to get attention. Particularly when they’re a strong Formula 2 graduate with plenty of promise. Particularly too when they’re starting in a decent midfield seat. Particularly also when they are (sort of) British. Among the various 2019 season previews two (British) rookies have been prominent. George Russell and Lando Norris, ‘Britain’s two F1 debutants’, are the dual subject of much rumination and focus. But there’s a third British F1 debutant. Or, as intimated, a sort of British debutant. Yet he’s hardly been mentioned, certainly not by...
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