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F1 team boss 'walked away from staff'

Ex-Caterham owner Tony Fernandes has 'walked away' from employees, a former worker at the Formula 1 team claims. Jim McManus, a senior analyst for team based in Leafield, Oxfordshire, was one of 230 people made redundant on Friday. He said he wanted Mr Fernandes to 'take some responsibility for the situation'. 'He's a wealthy man, an owner of a Premiership football team and I think he's got a moral responsibility to the employees to do the right thing.' Mr McManus also said the team had been 'insensitive' to announce crowd-funding success at the same time as job losses. 'Pretty upsetting' The team went into administration last month and staff have not been paid since 30 September....
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