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Whiting rejects safety car controversy

Apr.17 Charlie Whiting has denied the FIA has time to consider whether safety car deployments favour certain competitors over others. Comments made after China, in particular by Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel, cast doubt on the decision to deploy the safety car, which because of the timing favoured Red Bull. F1 race director Whiting is quoted by Italy's Autosprint: "If we decide to use the safety car, it's for safety reasons. "So at that moment I'm not looking to see who's going to be advantaged and who's not. "All we do is wait for a certain gap in traffic on the track," he added. "The debris was spread over a large area, so I wanted to wait for all the cars to be...
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