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Whitmarsh to consult on F1 cost cutting

Former McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh is returning to Formula 1 in a temporary role to advise the sport’s governing body, the International Automobile Federation (FIA), on cost control measures. A spokesman for the FIA confirmed that the Whitmarsh had been invited to help them “in defining financial regulations for fair and sustainable competition.” Whitmarsh left former world champions McLaren, a team he had been with for 25 years, in 2014 when his predecessor Ron Dennis resumed control. Dennis has since also left McLaren and sold his shares. After leaving Formula One, where he had also been chairman of the now-defunct teams’ association FOTA, Whitmarsh became chief executive...
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