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Masi denies that Verstappen comments prompted investigation

Following Saturday's qualifying session all appeared well, with no hint of the drama that was to follow. Speaking at the post-qualifying press conference, Sebastian Vettel admitted that the yellow flag that was waved following Valtteri Bottas' crash cost him any hope of improving his time. 'Unfortunately there was the double yellow so I had to slow down,' said the German. 'So the lap was lost.' However, pole-man Max Verstappen openly declared that he hadn't slowed, and when the Red Bull driver was subsequently summoned by the stewards, who had previously appeared to show no interest in the incident, it was widely speculated that the move was in reaction to the youngster's comments. Not so,...
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