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Masi optimistic about Igora Drive's potential

F1 race director Michael Masi has suggested fans could be in for a pleasant aesthetic surprise when the Russian Grand Prix switches to Igora Drive. It was reported this week that “all parties”, including the Russian government, have now agreed that in 2023 the country’s grand prix will move away from Sochi to the venue 33 miles outside St Petersburg. Sochi is not a circuit liked by all drivers. Lewis Hamilton freely admits the track located in the former Winter Olympic Park is not his favourite despite having won there four times, although Valtteri Bottas may look on it more favourably as two of his nine grand prix victories were achieved there. Igora Drive, meanwhile, was also...
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