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Was Vodafone split with McLaren politically motivated?

15 March, 2013 Jenson Button in Bahrain McLaren has played down reports that their long time title sponsor Vodafone is pulling out of Formula 1 due to the controversial Bahrain Grand Prix situation. A day after the British team confirmed that its title sponsor since 2007 will pull out at the end of the year, The Times newspaper said Vodafone made its decision 'after conducting a review of the deal on the back of last year's Bahrain grand prix'. Bahrain, also a McLaren co-owner through the state-owned Mumtalakat Holding Company, has been a controversial race on the Formula 1 calendar in the wake of the Kingdom's reaction to the Arab Spring uprising. Vodafone's chief commercial officer...
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