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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Andrew Gamble

F1 marshal quits Saudi Arabia Grand Prix over disgusting Lewis Hamilton tweet

An F1 marshal who took to social media to tweet that he ‘hoped’ Lewis Hamilton would suffer a similar crash to Romain Grosjean’s horrific accident at the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix has quit working at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

The controversy comes after the opening practice session on Friday saw a missile strike a nearby Aramco oil facility.

The incident occurred nearby to the Jeddah Corniche Circuit and Yemen’s Houthi rebel group have since taken responsibility and claimed to be behind the attack.

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