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Boss defends Force India after number rules breach
Sporting boss Otmar Szafnauer has defended Force India, after the team was pulled up for not complying with new rules in Barcelona. To help the fans in the grandstands and the TV audience, F1 told teams they must fit bigger numbers and the drivers' abbreviated names on their cars from Spain. But Force India argued that because of their sponsor deals with BWT and NEC, adding ‘OCO' and ‘PER' to their cars would be confusing. However, it was the location of the bigger race numbers on the pink cars that actually broke the rules last weekend. Team manager Andy Stevenson told Auto Motor und Sport: 'When I stand in front of the car, I can read the number perfectly. From the grandstand...
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