KEVIN MCCALLUM: F1 drivers to make their voices heard
Bans on Russia call into question the separation of sport and politics
07 April 2022 - 19:57
An interesting stat popped up this week via the Guardian’s weekly, but never weakly, sports quiz. They asked: “Las Vegas will host a Formula One Grand Prix next season. What will be unusual about the race?”
The answer is that it will take place on a Saturday and not a Sunday. When was the last GP held on a Saturday? Thirty-eight years ago in SA at Kyalami in 1985. It was a controversial GP, to say the least, as F1 was finally forced to confront that there could be no normal sport in an abnormal society. ..
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