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Marko backs Mazepin staying on F1 grid

Mar.2 Dr Helmut Marko has backed the decision to allow Nikita Mazepin to keep racing in Formula 1. At an extraordinary meeting of the World Motor Sport Council on Tuesday to discuss the Russia-Ukraine crisis, the FIA bucked the current international trend by deciding to allow Russian drivers to keep racing. 'If Mazepin can stay in the team without the financial support of Uralkali, then in my opinion there is no need to exclude him because of his citizenship,' Red Bull's Marko said. 'Medvedev has not been expelled from international tennis either,' he told RTL. 'The problem is Russian funding.' The FIA has banned Russian flags and colours, though, and the suspension of the Russian GP at...
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