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Wehrlein defends Australian GP withdrawal

Sauber Formula 1 driver Pascal Wehrlein has defended his withdrawal from the Australian Grand Prix, and stressed it is not a recurrence of his back injury. Wehrlein missed the first pre-season test at Barcelona after hurting his back in a crash at the Race of Champions in January. Though Wehrlein returned for the second week of testing in Spain, he was limited to half-day appearances and did not complete more than 10 flying laps at a time. He was declared fit to compete this weekend by the FIA on Thursday, but said he developed fears in Friday practice he would struggle to perform over a race distance. Pressed on why he would not persevere through the pain, as drivers have done in the past,...
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