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Fittipaldi hails 'fanstastic and exciting' opening day at Sakhir

Haas rookie Pietro Fittipaldi was ecstatic to be back behind the wheel of an F1 car on Friday, hailing an "exciting" opening day of running at Sakhir. The 24-year-old Brazilian - the grandson of F1 legend Emerson Fittipaldi and the fourth member of his famous family to race in F1 - was called upon by Haas to replace the injured Romain Grosjean for this weekend's second round of racing in Bahrain. Fittipaldi concluded his day a few tenths off the best time of his teammate Kevin Magnussen but more importantly he kept himself out of trouble in both practice sessions. "It’s been both fantastic and exciting today," he enthused. "This is the big league. So you go out...
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