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Mumbai's 13-year-old Aashi Hanspal was selected as one of the 70 young girls from across the globe participating in the FIA Rising Stars programme aimed to encourage more young girls to participate in motorsport.

For Vettel, this is a frustrating period as many believe he is past his prime.

This comes after he received Michael Schumacher's Mercedes helmet from his son at the Eifel GP when he equaled the German's mighty record.

As pole-sitter Takaaki Nakagami crashed on the opening lap, Franco Morbidelli took the lead and dominated the race to this season's second victory. Both Alex Rins and Joan Mir were in their best performance and and secured the final places on the podium in this crash-ridden race.

The British driver scored his 97th pole position setting him up for another race win which will make him the most successful F1 driver of all time.

Takaaki Nakagami secured his maiden pole position in the premier-class and LCR Honda's first since 2018. He has also become the first Japanese rider on pole since in MotoGP since 2004.

Wolffe elaborated on the fact that the track would need too many drastic changes for it to become race-worthy for modern F1 cars.

Takaaki Nakagami will stay with the LCR Honda satellite team until the end of 2022 and will be riding the factory Honda bike in 2021, the same spec as that of the Marc Marquez and Pol Espargaro. Nakagami will be joined by Alex Marquez next season, who replaces Cal Crutchlow in the team.