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Background: First double swap since 1994

– Next weekend's United States Grand Prix will feature an unusual occurrence, with a Formula 1 team, in this case Toro Rosso, undergoing a complete driver change mid-season, as GPUpdate.net explains.It is not unusual for a Formula 1 team to change drivers during the course of a campaign, with form, budget and injury or illness sometimes prompting a switch.It happened, for example, in Hungary, when an unwell Felipe Massa was forced onto the sidelines, and replaced by Paul di Resta at Williams.However, not since 1994 has a team entered successive weekends within the same campaign with an entirely different driver pairing.Toro Rosso has been forced into the change due to an unusual set...
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