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Brawn thrilled as Bahrain circuit gamble pays off

Ross Brawn has expressed his relief that the decision to use the Bahrain Outer track for the Sakhir Grand Prix produced an exciting race. With Formula 1 seeking to bolster a 2020 schedule that had been decimated by cancellations due to the global health pandemic, Bahrain was chosen to host rounds 15 and 16 of a rejigged 17-race season. But rather than stage both races on the usual layout of the Bahrain International Circuit, something of a gamble was taken to hold the Sakhir Grand Prix on the shorter, oval-like Outer track – and it paid off big time. Although overtaking was not easy and DRS ‘trains’ were in evidence, few fans will have ended up feeling short-changed after a race that...
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