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'Maldonado's future secure'
Sky Sports F1 pundit's Martin Brundle and Damon Hill believe Pastor Maldonado's future in F1 is secure - despite the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.Maldonado's career has been supported by Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA, which is now a major sponsor of the Williams F1 Team.
Chavez's death lead to speculation the state would no longer back the 27-year-olds career, however, Brundle thinks Maldonado has been a good advertisement for his country.
"He became a national hero for winning the Spanish GP last year and I think that has been good for Venezuela and good for his sponsors, so why would they want to run away? Obviously politics may well play a part but I think he has...
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