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He didn't want to say the words, but Max Chilton insists a Marussia kerfuffle in Belgium should not be interpreted as a simple 'pay-driver' in distress.
The struggling team stood the Briton down ahead of Friday practice at Spa-Francorchamps, but then did a u-turn and reinstated him.
Marc Surer, a former driver and commentator for German television, giggled that Chilton and his sponsors must have "found a bank that was open on a Friday".
It was presumably that sort of interpretation that Chilton was trying to dismiss when speaking with reporters on Friday.
[TD="class: caption"]Max Chilton was benched at Spa, then put back in the car (Photo: WRI2)[/TD]
It is a familiar story in formula one.
"What everyone seems to think has happened is not the case," he insisted.
When pressed for precisely what he meant, Chilton added: "I think I've gently persuaded or let you know what everyone thinks it is and that's all I can say."
According to Germany's Die Welt newspaper, though, the real reason for the Spa shenanigans was because a group of Chilton's investors were behind in payments.
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He didn't want to say the words, but Max Chilton insists a Marussia kerfuffle in Belgium should not be interpreted as a simple 'pay-driver' in distress.
The struggling team stood the Briton down ahead of Friday practice at Spa-Francorchamps, but then did a u-turn and reinstated him.
Marc Surer, a former driver and commentator for German television, giggled that Chilton and his sponsors must have "found a bank that was open on a Friday".
It was presumably that sort of interpretation that Chilton was trying to dismiss when speaking with reporters on Friday.
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[TD="class: caption"]Max Chilton was benched at Spa, then put back in the car (Photo: WRI2)[/TD]
It is a familiar story in formula one.
"What everyone seems to think has happened is not the case," he insisted.
When pressed for precisely what he meant, Chilton added: "I think I've gently persuaded or let you know what everyone thinks it is and that's all I can say."
According to Germany's Die Welt newspaper, though, the real reason for the Spa shenanigans was because a group of Chilton's investors were behind in payments.
More...