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Todt advised to act on Russian GP

FIA president Jean Todt has been advised to cancel the forthcoming Russian Grand Prix for fear of the sport sending the wrong message.The advice came from Ari Vatanen, who fought a bitter campaign against the Frenchman for the FIA presidency in 2009, but who has since resolved his differences with him and even been appointed to head the FIA's Closed Road Commission in addition to his role as president of the Estonian Autosport Union.It is understood that personally Todt is against the forthcoming Grand Prix in Russia but that as president of the FIA his 'hands are tied', he is unable to take a stance - a situation that echoes the sport's governing body's dithering over Bahrain a few years...
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