Italian Grand Prix winner Pierre Gasly heads to Russia this week hoping to put himself back on track after a botched race at Mugello, but the AlphaTauri charger is also looking forward to seeing fans in the grandstands in Sochi. Since last spring, Formula 1 has deployed significant efforts to rebuild a calendar torn apart by the coronavirus pandemic. It's a measure of the sport's global importance that commercial rights holder Liberty Media has succeeded in compiling a schedule of 17 races. However, so far, the achievement has come to the detriment of the fans, with drivers racing in front of empty grandstands. At Mugello, a few thousand Scuderia Ferrari Club members were in attendance,...
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