- World champion has never driven F1 race at Imola
- Two-day race weekend format is being trialled
Lewis Hamilton has said how moving it is to be racing at the circuit where his hero Ayrton Senna was killed, as Formula One returns to Imola this weekend. The world champion has not competed in the championship here before and speaking on Friday before what is a trial of a two-day race weekend format, he remembered how hard the news of Senna’s death hit him in 1994.
Hamilton toured the circuit on Friday including going past the memorials to Senna, who was killed instantly when his Williams crashed at the Tamburello corner. The British driver competed at Imola in GP2 in 2006 but that year was the last time Formula One raced here.
