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Formula 1 wants to put more F2 drivers to work on Fridays

Formula 1 will seek to provide more F2 drivers with mileage in Friday's free practice sessions in the future, says Ross Brawn. F1's sporting manager believes putting junior drivers through their paces on Fridays, in addition to giving them an opportunity to shine, caters to a young talent's need for experience in the event that one should step up to a race seat on short notice. "Putting someone into F1 who hasn't got the experience is a risk," insists Brawn. "You have to prepare them as well as possible, maybe doing the Friday morning practice. Those sorts of initiatives are important before they get exposed. "If they have a problem [and] they get into F1 the wrong way,...
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