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Formula 1 has turned circuits “vanilla” – Bourdais

Former Formula 1 driver Sebastien Bourdais says the series has squeezed the life out of its circuits, even claiming that Monaco is a “parking lot”. Bourdais, a multiple winner in American open-wheeler racing and former Toro Rosso driver in Formula 1, claimed that F1 has ruined many of the world’s circuits after winning the IndyCar race in Detroit last weekend. “It's challenging [racing] on concrete. Driving in the rain at Detroit, it's tougher than any Formula 1 track, including the streets of Monaco,” Bourdais said to the Detroit Free Press. “F1 has ruined every track. They have taken the character out of them, made them vanilla. It hurts me. Monaco is now a friggin' parking...
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