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Fittipaldi talented enough for F1 race seat - Steiner

Haas reserve driver Pietro Fittipaldi impressed his new team during a brief testing cameo in Barcelona recently, and his team boss Guenther Steiner believes the 22-year-old Brazilian has the talent required to step up to Formula 1 in the future. Fittipaldi was scheduled to drive a half day on both the Wednesday and Thursday of the first week but was drafted in at short notice on the Tuesday when an issue with Kevin Magnussen's headrest cut short the Dane's running. After rounding off the day with a 13-lap stint, Haas boss Steiner says Fittipaldi's maturity reinforced their decision to give him an official test role for 2019. "Absolutely [I was impressed]. I think it was very unexpected...
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