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Barrichello says he fell asleep during 2015 F1 opener

A trio of former Formula 1 drivers are hoping the 2015 season opener in Melbourne was just a blip on the radar. In Australia, Sauber battled for survival in court with Giedo van der Garde while Manor never left the pits, before the smallest field in recent memory set the scene for what Daniel Ricciardo called a 'boring' race as Mercedes utterly dominated. Afterwards, Red Bull threatened to quit in protest of the technical regulations, leaving F1 experts and pundits to wonder if the fundamentals of the sport are broken. 'I tried to watch, but I got to a point when I couldn't stay awake,' Rubens Barrichello, the longest-serving driver in F1 history, admitted to Brazil's Globo. Former Renault...
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