Caterham team principal Manfredi Ravetto says he was surprised by comments from Kamui Kobayashi following the Russian Grand Prix. The Japanese driver told reporters after the race that he was told to retire from last place on lap 21 in order to save engine and component mileage. Ravetto says this simply isn't true and the real reason behind the retirement was because of an issue they spotted on the car's telemetry. "Actually, I was very surprised to hear Kamui referring to some mileage-saving instruction coming from the team's management: we saw via telemetry that there was a potential issue with the brakes and we decided to avoid any risks," explained Ravetto. "Kamui...
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