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Mika Hakkinen calls for permanent F1 race stewards

Formula 1 two-time champion Mika Hakkinen has called on Formula 1 to implement a panel of permanent race stewards following the controversy surrounding Sebastian Vettel's Canadian Grand Prix penalty. Hakkinen believes the sport must do more to allow drivers to race one another without the fear of being penalised, as it ultimately spoils the excitement for fans when the winner is decided off-track. 'When I look back at my racing career in Formula 1, I think Michael Schumacher and I had more freedom to race. Maybe there were not so many cameras picking up everything that we did. There would have been a lot of 5 second penalties, or worse, if we had been racing with...
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