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Alonso tells F1 to keep out of politics
19 April, 2013 Fernando Alonso
Fernando Alonso has played down the political significance of this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix, suggesting the sport should not be picking which of its host countries' controversies to weight into and cautioning against becoming involved with politics
The Spaniard was asked in the island Kingdom on Thursday if Formula 1 should be in Bahrain amid protests against the government.
'If we start to look into that,' the Ferrari driver is quoted by El Pais newspaper, 'then when we go to China we should be concerned about what happens in their factories.
'Or what about India, where it is said that children are exploited, or Spain where there is political...
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