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Sainz: ‘Deeper conversation' coming over defending

Carlos Sainz says Formula 1 must have a 'deeper conversation' in the post-season as to where exactly the limit is for the drivers when it comes to defending. Max Verstappen courted controversy at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix when he ran Lewis Hamilton off the track at Turn 4 while defending the lead, both drivers going wide. The stewards opted not to investigate while Mercedes' request for a right to review that decision was denied. Many of the drivers, including Hamilton, have voiced their confusion over that decision as, earlier in the year at the Austrian Grand Prix, several drivers were slapped with penalties for forcing a rival off the track. FIA race director Michael Masi insists the...
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