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How illness nearly took George Russell out of F1 Azerbaijan GP

George Russell battled a virus throughout the Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend on his way to second in Sunday's Formula 1 race; he has now revealed he was sufficiently ill on Friday that he'd likely have withdrawn had the race been in Singapore.

After missing Thursday's media sessions with illness – Russell was scheduled to take part in the official FIA press conference – he felt well enough to drive in Friday practice.

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