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Formula 1 News: Sainz Jr. to Skirt Blame for Horrible Madring Layout

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(GMM) Carlos Sainz Jr. (pictured) says he should not be blamed for Madrid’s poor inaugural Formula 1 race, stressing that the Madring layout had already been designed and approved before he became an ambassador for the event. Amid scathing critiques of the dull inaugural Spanish GP in the country’s capital, Nico Rosberg joked on Sunday: “Carlos Sainz is the ambassador, so we need to criticize Carlos Sainz.” But Sainz says he had no involvement i…
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Last weekend at Madring everything was new for Formula 1: New race track, new paths, new routines. The big exhibition grounds look like a stroke of luck for logistics – right?

Formula 1: Carlos Sainz refuses to accept responsibility for the difficulties encountered by the new circuit in Madrid during its first Grand Prix of (...)...

Carlos Sainz refuses to accept responsibility for the difficulties encountered by the new circuit in Madrid during his first Formula 1 Grand Prix. While Madring's route was strongly criticized after a Spanish race marked by a lack of overtakings, the Williams driver recalls that his appointment as the event ambassador came after the design and approval of the circuit by the FIA. However, he believes that a targeted change could be sufficient for…

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