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F1 team boss reneged on Magnussen deal says Whitmarsh
A fellow team boss reneged on a deal to sign Kevin Magnussen for 2014, Martin Whitmarsh has revealed.
The McLaren boss has said that if the impressive rookie Dane was not making his F1 debut for the Woking based team next year, the ousted Sergio Perez would have kept his seat.
Whitmarsh claims he tried to accommodate Magnussen elsewhere in pitlane for 2014, but ultimately failed. The 21-year-old was earlier linked with Marussia and Force India.
"I hoped and tried to find him a cockpit," Whitmarsh told F1's official website in Brazil.
"I even did a deal and shook hands with a team principal up and down this paddock - an absolute deal - but he stepped back," he revealed....
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