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Verstappen calls for blue flag tweaks after Grosjean hold-up
Red Bull Racing driver Max Verstappen believes Formula 1 needs to look into its blue flag rules in 2017, as he feels the Chinese GP podium battle was nearly affected in an undue way by lapped traffic. Verstappen drove from 16th on the grid to third during the China race, but was forced to defend his unlikely podium from teammate Daniel Ricciardo in the closing laps, their battle going down to the wire. For much of that duel, Verstappen was on the radio with Red Bull to voice his concerns over the Haas car of Romain Grosjean, which was running right ahead, a lap down. The Dutchman arrived within two seconds of Grosjean on lap 50 of 56, but never did close the gap to within a second of the...
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