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Victim of sexist remarks defends disgraced Sky F1 pundits

Rally driver Christine Giampaoli Zonca has incredibly jumped to the defence of Sky Sports Italia pundits Matteo Bobbi and 2012 GP2 Champion Davide Valsecchi, who were both suspended by the broadcaster for the Canadian Grand Prix. The two former drivers were suspended by Sky after making sexist remarks directed at Zonca during their coverage of last weekend's Spanish Grand Prix, after labelling her as a 'nice package of updates'. “I want to tell Davide that behind him there is a nice package of updates, if he turns around,” ex-Minardo test driver Bobbi said. Valsecchi turned around as requested and replied: “Unfortunately they told me that you can’t test them.” Want to work in...
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