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F1 Social Stint | Ferrari gets a visit from a big football star

18 May 2021 at 08:00
Last update 18 May 2021 at 08:00
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After the Spanish Grand Prix, drivers and teams have taken a week off ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix. GPblog's F1 Social Stint will show you what the drivers and teams do around a Grand Prix.

Ferrari gets a visit from a big football star

Carlos Sainz is over the moon on Instagram after a very special visit. Football star, Cristiano Ronaldo, came to visit the factory in Maranello. The Portuguese footballer works for the Italian football club Juventus, so he didn't have to travel far to have a look at the Italian F1 team.

 
 
 
 
 
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Cristiano Ronaldo races Leclerc and Sainz around

Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the best footballers in the world. The Portuguese player currently plays for the Italian team Juventus from Turin. He has time on his day off to do some fast laps on the Ferrari test track Fiorano together with Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz.

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