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Ross Brawn says greater transparency needed over penalty decisions

Ross Brawn, Formula 1 managing director of motorsports, says the sport could do more to ensure there is greater transparency around penalties, and how stewards have come to their decision. There was uproar in Canada when Sebastian Vettel was handed a five-second time penalty for rejoining the track in an 'unsafe manner', which led to him being demoted to second place. Brawn, a former team boss at Ferrari, sympathises with both the stewards and fans, insisting the decision to impose a penalty which alters the race result is a 'difficult job', and therefore believes greater transparency over their decisions could help fans to understand exactly why they have reached that...
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