Maldonado clears the air with Gutierrez


The car of Sauber Formula One driver Esteban Gutierrez of Mexico is removed from the track after his collision with Lotus Formula One driver Pastor Maldonado of Venezuela during the Bahrain F1 Grand Prix at the Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) in Sakhir, south of Manama April 6, 2014. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Lotus Formula One driver Pastor Maldonado has cleared the air with Sauber's Esteban 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.

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