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McLaren feels harshly treated

MAGNY COURS (France): McLaren came away from the French Grand Prix feeling a bit harshly treated by governing body FIA after a series of penalties.

Team principal Ron Dennis did little to dismiss suggestions that FIA was picking on the British team.

“You can draw your own conclusions,” Dennis told reporters on Sunday after Lewis Hamilton was penalised for an overtaking move. The 23-year-old Briton finished 10th after starting the race with a 10-place penalty on the grid because he caused an accident at the preceding Canadian GP.

Hamilton, eager to move up into the points from 13th, passed Toro Rosso’s Sebastian Vettel at the third corner and got as high as ninth, but his impatience earned a drive-through penalty after he cut across a chicane in the manoeuvre.

“You can keep on giving me penalties, do whatever you want to do and I’ll keep battling and I’ll keep trying to come back with a result,” Hamilton said. “We’re going to focus on the next race and we’re going to hit them hard.”

McLaren Chief Executive, Martin Whitmarsh, thought Hamilton had played the pass right.— AP

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