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No commercial pressure behind start 'race', insists Stefano Domenicali

Amidst growing anger over today's Belgian Grand Prix, F1 boss, Stefano Domenicali insists there was no commercial pressure to start the event, albeit for just two laps. While fans attending the event appeared to accept today's events in good faith, this was not the case on social media where F1 and the FIA came in for fierce criticism for what, to the layman, appeared to be a farce of epic proportions. Just weeks after Christian Horner and Max Verstappen criticised Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes for celebrating their Silverstone win whilst the Dutch driver was hospitalised, fans wondered how drivers could stand on the podium, punching the air in victory having only completed two laps behind...
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