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Steiner: 'Sometimes Magnussen has to ruffle feathers'

Haas boss Guenther Steiner has backed his driver Kevin Magnussen against criticism from other drivers on the grid that the Dane drives too aggressively. "We want him to race," Steiner told Motorsport.com. "And sometimes you have to ruffle feathers if you want to get something. "Nobody gives anything for free here," he added. "People say he does it on purpose. No!" he insisted. "He wants to make a mark, but he doesn't drive aggressively. He doesn't say, 'I'm going to go aggressive here, I'm not a pushover'." Magnussen memorably clashed with Renault's Nico Hulkenberg in last year's Hungarian Grand Prix, and afterwards told the German to "suck...
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