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Whitmarsh: Rival team reneged on Magnussen deal

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh says that a rival team principal reneged on a deal to sign Kevin Magnussen for 2014. Formula Renault 3.5 Series champion Magnussen will race for McLaren next season but Whitmarsh says that he originally had a deal with a rival team for Magnussen to make his debut elsewhere in 2014. 'Kevin is an extraordinary young man who deserves to be in F1,' Whitmarsh told F1.com. 'I hoped and tried to find him a cockpit – I even did a deal and shook hands with a team principal up and down this paddock – an absolute deal – but he stepped back…' Whitmarsh would not name the rival team involved in the collapsed deal. 'I...
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