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Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Memorable Driver Substitutions
With Kevin Magnussen substituting for Fernando Alonso's McLaren in the 2015 season opening race, it seemed timely to look at previous F1 driver substitutions. This caused lively debate in FormulaSpy Towers before the feature was even started: issues ranged from the difference between driver ‘replacement' and driver ‘substitution' and even how to assess what was a ‘top' substitution. So for those wondering, this explains why the final list does not contain David Coulthard in the Williams as he ‘replaced' Ayrton Senna following his fatal crash. Sadly, historically, the dangerous life of an F1 driver led to many ‘replacements' due to death or serious injury,...
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