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Kobayashi: Management told me to retire to conserve mileage

+ Kamui Kobayashi has revealed that he was told to retire from the inaugural Russian Grand Prix by the Caterham management to conserve mileage. Kobayashi pulled into the Caterham pits to quietly retired from Sunday’s race, with the team tweeting after the race that the Japanese racer had been forced out by a brake problem. The reason for @kamui_kobayashi's retirement was that his brakes were overheating and it was too dangerous for him to carry on racing — Caterham F1 Team (@CaterhamF1) October 12, 2014 However, speaking after the race, Kobayashi admitted that there was nothing actually wrong with his car. “I don’t know actually, nothing,” he told NBCSN when asked why he...
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