F1's Middle East dilemma: to cancel Qatar and Abu Dhabi races amid conflict?
Formula 1's own deadline for a decision on Qatar and Abu Dhabi has already passed. Is it really planning to try and race in the Middle East?
The fact that he was only 1.5 seconds off the fastest time in Barcelona on Monday, tends to suggest that the five-time World Rally Champion isn’t half bad in a Formula 1 car…

The Frenchman tested at a damp Silverstone in order to acclimatise himself with the car and then took on a group of Formula 1 drivers and testers in Barcelona managing to post the 8th fastest time out of 17 drivers.
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