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Todt has privately expressed concern over Russian GP

FIA president Jean Todt has privately expressed concerns over the Russian Grand Prix according to FIA insider and close ally Ari Vatanen. However, despite growing tension between the West and Russia over its involvement in the Ukraine crisis, Todt is unable to express his concern publicly, says Vatanen - who himself has called for the race to be cancelled. "Of course Jean knows about my comments, we spoke about it," he told the Telegraph. "I think he partly shares my view. It is true that his hands are tied. I can say things much more openly and freely than he can. "I’m not saying he agrees with everything that I say, but he has a much more reduced room for...
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