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Robert Wickens called-up to replace Mikhail Aleshin after visa issues
Mercedes DTM racer Robert Wickens has been drafted in to replace Schmidt Peterson's Mikhail Aleshin for Friday's practice sessions at Road America following visa issues for the Russian. Aleshin is currently stuck in France after competing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans with the SMP Racing LMP2 team. Due to immigration problems, he has been prevented from travelling back to the United States and will miss Friday's track activity. The team are hopeful that the problem will be resolved swiftly and Aleshin can travel back on Friday in order to take up his seat for the remainder of the race weekend. 'Since competing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans with SMP Racing last weekend,...
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