Lotus Formula One driver Pastor Maldonado has cleared the air with Sauber'sEsteban Gutierrez after picking up a grid penalty for sending the Mexican flying at the Bahrain Grand Prix. The Venezuelan refused to take the blame for the incident, however, and told reporters in China on Thursday that the spectacular flip had been a normal racing incident. Maldonado, who has made numerous trips to see the stewards in the past for his aggressive driving, was hit with a 10-second stop-and-go during the race and will lose five places on the starting grid for this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix. "I think talking with him it was a normal race contact, that's it," said the Venezuelan on a damp...
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