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Sep 29
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George Russell's Perfect Weekend

SKY SPORTS
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Simon, Crofty and Jamie look back at all the stories from the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Jamie tells us about her drive in the Williams F1 car at Portimao, the team also discuss whether George Russell is back in the title race, the fall out from Franco Colapinto’s crash, if the pressure is ramping up on Ferrari Team Principal Fred Vasseur, as well as looking forward to the Bahrain GP in Malaysia with Sheikh Salman bin Isa Al Khalifa, Chief Executive of the Bahrain International Circuit and Laurence Jones, Head of Marketing and Communications at the Bahrain International Circuit.

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